HIV/AIDS, Climate Change And Disaster Management Challenges For Institutions In Malawi
HIV/AIDS, Climate Change And Disaster Management: Challenges For Institutions In Malawi

Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic (eroding organizational capacity and increasing vulnerability of the population), and climate change (higher risk of extreme events and disasters). Analyzing the combined effects of these...

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1. Verfasser: Suarez, Pablo (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2008
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AIDS pandemic
Climate Change
Climate change
Demand for services
Disaster preparedness
Disasters
Environment
HIV AIDS
Hazard Risk Management
Health Monitoring & Evaluation
Health, Nutrition and Population
Policy research
Policy research working paper
Population Policies
Progress
Urban Development
Urban development
Vulnerability
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Zusammenfassung:Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic (eroding organizational capacity and increasing vulnerability of the population), and climate change (higher risk of extreme events and disasters). Analyzing the combined effects of these two threats on six disaster-related institutions in Malawi, the authors find evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services and capacity to satisfy that demand. HIV/AIDS leads to staff attrition, high vacancy rates, absenteeism, increased workload and other negative effects enhanced by human resources policies and financial limitations. Many necessary tasks cannot be carried out adequately with constraints such as the 42 percent vacancy rate in the Department of Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs, or the reduction of rainfall stations operated by the Meteorological Service from over 800 in 1988 to just 135 in 2006. The authors highlight implications of declining organizational capacity for climate change adaptation, and formulate recommendations
Beschreibung:Weitere Ausgabe: Suarez, Pablo ---> H: IV/AIDS, Climate Change And Disaster Management
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