Browsing by Subject "Disaster communication"

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Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Kunguma, Olivia; Mokhele, Mosekama O.; Coetzee, Mercia (OASIS, 2021)

The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, ...
Process and components of disaster risk communication in health systems : a thematic analysis

Dehghani, Arezoo; Ghomian, Zohreh; Rakhshanderou, Sakineh; Khankeh, Hamidreza; Kavousi, Amir (OASIS, 2022)

Risk communication (RC) is one of the necessary functions in disaster management. Establishing communication processes such as planning, transparency of policies and guidelines, RC expert training, providing communication ...
Role of frequency modulation radio in disaster communication : a case study of Pakistan earthquake

Rahman, Syed I.; Sial, Nauman; Moazzam, Saniya (OASIS, 2021)

Pakistan suffered from a massive earthquake in October 2005 that caused the deaths of more than 87 000 people. As a result of this calamity, around 3.5 million affected people had no access to information. In these ...