Africa: Opinion - the Pandemic Shows Why We Need to Take Risk Seriously

opinion

Risk left unmanaged soon turns to disaster, as with the COVID-19 crisis - governments must act on their commitments to stop this happening

Looking at the mass casualty disaster events which have occurred in the last 20 years, the death tolls in many cases could have been significantly reduced if there had been greater focus on disaster risk governance. Instead, many times we focus on trying to manage disasters, picking up the pieces after they strike and break us.

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