AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.

Need to Incorporate Disaster Management Into Dev't Highlighted.

Public Agenda

| May 15, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM)

The Minister of Interior, Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah says Ghana as a developing country must learn to use post-disaster situations as opportunities to reduce future disasters.

"As we embark on our development agenda we must always guard against the possibility of disasters", he said at the launch of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Accra.

He noted that although Ghana is a major disaster prone zone country, she suffers occasionally from some natural hazards, such as floods, drought, bushfires and disease epidemics. The occasional loss of lives arising from Volta lake boat accidents is a sign that …

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
ASEAN: Cha-am Hua Hin Statement on EAS Disaster Management.
News wire article from: Thai Press Reports October 28, 2009 700+ words
Good Disaster Management Can Enhance Development.
Newspaper article from: Public Agenda August 11, 2006 700+ words
Livelihood, disaster management plans sought.
Magazine article from: BusinessWorld (Philippines) April 11, 2011 700+ words
National Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Approved
Magazine article from: Business Recorder February 22, 2013 700+ words
Workshop on Disaster Risk Management Held
Magazine article from: Business Recorder March 17, 2013 700+ words
©2013 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: womensforum.com GlamFamily