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Disaster management

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placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on a shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic

International Day for Disaster Reduction

UN commemorative day, October 13th

disaster risk reduction

systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster

stay-at-home order

type of quarantine

thumb|right UN-SPIDER (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response) is a platform which facilitates the use of space-based technologies for disaster risk management and emergency response. It is a programme under the auspices of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

disaster medicine

area of medical specialization

pandemic predictions and preparations prior to the COVID-19 pandemic

as conducted in some in countries and international organizations

disaster tourism

practice of visiting locations at which an environmental disaster has occurred

urban resilience

ability of a city to function after a crisis

International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'

non-binding multinatinal alliance

area where a disaster has occurred

Télécoms sans frontières

The world’s first NGO focusing on emergency-response technologies

global movement and organisation to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance

Ministry of Emergency Management

government agency of China

Disability and disasters

impact of disasters on disabled people