IIHMR University webinar highlights opportunities and challenges for 21st century public health
IIHMR University webinar highlights opportunities and challenges for 21st century public health
A webinar organised by IIHMR University highlighted the opportunities and challenges for 21st-century public health and how they would bring us closer to attaining the sustainable development goals 2030.
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UPDATED: January 25, 2021 20:53 IST
A webinar organised by IIHMR University highlighted the opportunities and challenges for 21st century public health and how they would bring us closer to attaining the sustainable development goals 2030.
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The speakers discussed key public health challenges and opportunities that would bring us closer to attaining the sustainable development goals 2030
SRINAGAR: Webinar on “Media for Disaster Risk Reduction” was jointly organised by National Institute of Disaster Management and Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Srinagar, today, in collaboration with J&K Information and Public Relations Department, Kashmir Editors Guild, Kashmir Press Club and J&K State Emergency Operation Centre, Srinagar. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar, Director Information and Public Relations Department.
Participants of the webinar on “Media for Disaster Risk Reduction”
Speaking on the occasion Dr Sehrish said media is the most effective link between the Public and the Administration, and Information Department is the link between Government and Media. She said that coordination mechanism with media needs to be further strengthened, in order to ensure that media has timely access to disaster related data, otherwise it can lead to publishing of unverified and speculative reports. She implored the concerned officer
India Increasingly Vulnerable to Climate Change: Report Finds
India Increasingly Vulnerable to Climate Change: Report Finds
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NEW DELHI A first-of-its kind report at the district level in India on extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods and drought finds that “more than 75 percent of India’s 728 districts, home to over 638 million people, are hotspots for extreme climate events.”
The report, “Preparing India for Extreme Climate Events,” by the Council of Energy, Environment and Water, an Asian nonprofit research institution, states that India experienced more than 478 extreme weather events between 1970 and 2019 most occurring since 2005.
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NEW DELHI A first-of-its kind report at the district level in India on extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods and drought finds that “more than 75 percent of India’s 728 districts, home to over 638 million people, are hotspots for extreme climate events.”
The report, “Preparing India for Extreme Climate Events,” by the Council of Energy, Environment and Water, an Asian nonprofit research institution, states that India experienced more than 478 extreme weather events between 1970 and 2019 most occurring since 2005.
“Post-2005, at least 55 or more districts witnessed extreme flood events year-on-year, exposing 97.51 million people annually,” the report states in its key findings. “The year 2005 recorded the highest flood frequency, with 140 floods affecting 69 districts. The number of affected districts increased to 151 in 2019.”