Dr Holloway representing PERIPERI U at the UN
23 April 2015, Dr Ailsa Holloway from Stellenbosch University South Africa, represented PERIPERI U as she took part in an ICSU (International Council for Science) delegation for a series of meetings at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The meetings took place as sideline events to the Intergovernmental negotiations on the post 2015 […]
Community Risk Assessment Short Course: Focus on Informal Settlements
The course, conducted biannually, focuses on strengthening community-based risk assessment capabilities in disaster-prone informal settlements. The course gives priority to assessing household and community risks using a range of participatory methods as well as other quantitative and spatial risk-related data. It is useful and relevant to disaster management practitioners working in at-risk communities, local councillors […]
19th WORLD CONGRESS ON DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
2015 is an important year for WCDEM, as it will be the first time that this key conference is held in Africa. Disasters can strike anywhere, but often cause the greatest devastation when they hit communities that are not prepared to handle the resulting devastation. With this in mind, the theme for the 2015 conference […]