By Md Shafkat Hossain 25 July is World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning deaths are avoidable, yet every year according to the World Health Organization nearly a quarter of a million people lose their lives to drowning, and almost 82 000 of…
A Global Anthropocene Earth Science Take on Avoidable Deaths
By Professor Michael G Petterson Purpose of this Article The purpose of this article, written specifically for the Avoidable Deaths Network is to: 1) present a discourse founded in some of the greatest contributions of Earth Science to human thinking;…
#InspireInclusion: International Women’s Day
By Dr. Madhulika Sahoo International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day of collective global action and celebration that belongs to all those committed to shaping women’s equality. The theme for this year IWD 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. According to the…
Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN): Building a Public Discourse on Saving Lives
By Dr. Shakuntala Pratihary “Jātasya Hi Dhruvo Mṛityu” – an important Indian philosophical statement explains the narrative that death always follows birth. But if the reason for death is occurring at a pre-matured stage of human life, then the loss…
Disaster deaths post major emergencies and how can they be reduced
By Professor Alois Hirschmugl On 12th of March, the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths, #avoidabledeathsday, will be held. For that reason, I thought about those deaths after major emergencies that could have been avoided and how to reduce them.…
The Turkey-Syria Earthquake: a Foucauldian case study of the degeneration of human life
By Anil Kaan Yildirim, PhD student at Leicester University: Unlike many other crises, natural disasters like earthquakes can be prepared for through regulation and legislation i.e., safety standards in construction can be strictly controlled by authorities, or after-crisis management procedures…
Exploring Argentina
By Arkoneil Ghosh: ADN Junior Champion and member of the IAD4AD Advisory Committee- I recently traveled to Argentina from 10th June to 22st June 2023. I attended the 3rd Authors Meet of Latin America in Goya, Corrientes. During the course…
Unveiling the Tragedy: Investigating the Causes and Consequences of a Devastating Train Accident
By Arkoneil Ghosh: The nation has been shaken by the recent train accident in Odisha’s Balasore. The train deviated from its intended route on Friday at 7 p.m. IST, departing from its journey that began in Kolkata on Friday afternoon…
Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Avoidable Deaths Network
By Mr. Tom Caley and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo On 8th March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) with this year’s campaign theme as #EmbraceEquity. The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity theme campaigns for gender equity; the latter understanding “equal opportunities are no longer enough”…
COP27 Round-up
COP27 Round-up By Tom Caley, ADN Writer Last weekend the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, overran by two days as delegates struggled for agreement. To follow up our previous post…
Loss and Damage at COP27
Loss and Damage at COP27 By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett and Mr. Alex Skinner From November 6th, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been holding its latest Conference of the Parties (COP) in…
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2022 By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett and Mr. Alex Skinner The 13th October marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) as designated by the United Nations General Assembly.…
Rapid Review of Flood Damage and Loss in Pakistan
Rapid Review of Flood Damage and Loss in Pakistan By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nimra Choudhary and Ms. Anusha Manahil Since mid-June 2022, record monsoon rains have submerged up to a third of Pakistan causing more than 1500 deaths,…
Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India
Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India By Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett The 25th of July is World Drowning Prevention Day. To highlight the tragic and profound impact of downing on families and communities and…
A Poem Shared by an ADN Junior Champion
Arkoneil Ghosh, a 12 year old ADN Junior Champion from India has shared devastation and sorrow for the children in Ukraine. In an act of solidarity, Arkoneil has shared a moving poem on the tragedies of war. The Avoidable Deaths…
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021 On this special day we concluded the first Stakeholder’s Workshop in Bangladesh for the project “Developing a Protocol for a Low-Budget Reproductive Health Kit/s during Disasters and Crises”. The Workshop was chaired by Dr…
‘Challenges for the New World’ by: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh
Challenges for the New World By: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh COVID-19 doesn’t seem to be controllable and we are learning to get ourselves prepared to survive in this new world. The news of Bollywood stars being tested positive doesn’t…
‘A Reflection on My PhD Fieldwork Experience Kalimpong district, India’ by ADN’s Intern and previous Administrator, Peter McGowran
A Reflection on My PhD Fieldwork Experience Kalimpong district, India By: Peter McGowran Last year I took on a short-term administrator role with the ADN. Since May 2019 when the role officially finished, I have undertaken my PhD fieldwork in Kalimpong…
‘Reflective Short Piece on the Situation in India’ by ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh
Reflective Short Piece on the Situation in India: From Coronavirus to Locust Attack to Cyclones By: ADN’s Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh “While India as a nation continues to fight Coronavirus, here comes the Locust attack, which has destroyed…
‘Project NHS Hero Inspiration Wall – Royal Free Hospital ICU’ by Intern for the IPPF-funded project on Reproductive Health, Nima Roy
Project NHS Hero Inspiration Wall – Royal Free Hospital ICU By: Nima Roy “Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” – Anni Albers 4 weeks, 1,500+ pieces of art, 2 graffiti murals and many…
‘Is Odisha leading to fight against COVID-19?’ by ADN’s Affiliates, Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo
Is Odisha leading the fight against COVID-19? By: Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan*, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo The first case of COVID-19 outbreak was reported in India on 30 January 2020 in Kerala, while Odisha, an eastern state of…
‘COVID-19: A Social Response to an Anti-Social Virus’ by ADN’s Media and Communications Manager, Matthew Merry
COVID-19: A Social Response to an Anti-Social Virus By: Matthew Merry The current COVID-19 crisis has seen an unprecedented wave of governmental restrictions that would be more at home in an apocalyptic film than in the 21st Century. The main…
Personal Reflective Blog on COVID-19, by ADN’s Affiliate, Silvia Zanini
Personal Reflective Blog By: Silvia Zanini, ADN’s Affiliate based in New Zealand I am an Italian living in New Zealand, a chartered management accountant, with a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Turin, Italy, and a MsC…
Digital Transformation Overnight from Our ADN Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh
I must say that I have been exposed to the Digital World at quite a young age, thanks to my parents who enrolled me for a variety of courses. I recall five years back when I was doing an Online…
Social distancing a learning experience! Written by ADN’s Intern, Meharaj Bano
Meharaj Bano, ADN’s Intern and BBA Student at Vellore Institute of Technology University in India, has written a personal and reflective piece, titled ‘Social distancing a learning experience!’. It is very well written and provides an interesting insight. Please read…
Understanding Social Distance, Written by our Regional Coordinator in India, Dr Madhulika Sahoo
Understanding Social Distance By: Dr Madhulika Sahoo India’s outbreak of the novel Coronavirus has affected more than 100s of people from 17 different states. As of the 17th of April 2020, about 452 deaths and 13,835 infected cases have been…
How Can Social Distancing be Achieved in Dharavi, Mumbai?
How Can Social Distancing be Achieved in Dharavi, Mumbai? By: Arkoneil Ghosh, ADN Junior Champion It is indeed a great concern for sensitizing the rural population about social distancing. The question here is not whether they want to do or…
Reflective Brief from ADN’s Solution Exchange Officer, Jos Bal
Reflective Brief from ADN’s Solution Exchange Officer, Jos Bal A reflective brief comes from our Solution Exchange Officer, Jos Bal. Jos is currently a policy advisor in the Zuid-Holland Zuid Safety Region in The Netherlands. Jos is also a volunteer…
Update from Our ADN Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh
Update from Our ADN Junior Champion, Arkoneil Ghosh Coding Coronavirus: Our 10-year ADN Champion Arkoneil Ghosh has developed a coding game for Coronavirus. It’s fun and extremely useful. You will need to click to play this coding game: Coding Game –…
Birthday Wishes from Professor Peter Jackson
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has now caused an increase in the death rate amongst vulnerable groups. Because Covid-19 took the world by surprise it is a reasonable proposition to argue that many of these Covid-19 related deaths could have been…
Book on ‘Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management’
Book on ‘Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management’ By: Nibedita Ray-Bennett Ray-Bennett’s book ‘Avoidable Deaths: A Systems Failure Approach to Disaster Risk Management’ , published in 2018, addresses one of the most pressing questions of…
To help someone, first you must be able to find them!
Regional Drone Mapping in Africa By: Matthew Merry To help someone, first you must be able to find them. Maps are a crucial resource in both the mitigating of and response of any disaster. Being able to quickly and efficiently…
Japan selects ‘disaster’ character to define 2018
The “disaster” symbol has been selected by Japan to define the year of 2018 By: Denise Corsel 2018 has been a tough and challenging year. Disasters have left a big impact on all continents. Japan, which has been specially affected, has selected…
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