2024
3 December 2024 – Special lecture on “Being Anti-Racist as a Ceremonial Journey of Transformation”. Speaker: Dr Ranjan Datta (Mount Royal University, Canada). Time: 4.00 – 4.30 PM
11 October 2024 – Future Leaders Tackling ‘Wicked Problems’ to Reduce Avoidable Deaths
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
We marked International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with a Special Session Webinar held from 10 to 11.30 AM BST(UK) on ‘Future Leaders Tackling ‘Wicked Problems’ to Reduce Avoidable Deaths‘.
05 October 2024 – International Snakebite Awareness Day
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session
To mark International Snakebite Awareness Day, we hosted an outreach workshop with ADN Ambassadors on September 19, 2024.
17 August 2024 – International Snakebite Awareness Day
Public Engagement Event: Interview with Green TV India
Ahead of the International Snakebite Awareness Day, we hosted an interview with Green TV India . Our ADN’s Advisors, Colonel Professor Sanjay Srivastava and Dr. Ravinder Kumar Soni, along with President Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett, addressed critical questions about snakebites in North India and strategies to prevent avoidable deaths. This interview is part of a series aimed at reaching eight high-burden states in India to promote ADN’s “zero casualties” campaign for high-risk groups affected by snakebites.
6 May 2024 – Quite Interesting (QI) Quizzes for Avoidable Disaster Deaths
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Side event at conference
We held a side event entitled ‘Quite Interesting (QI) Quizzes for Avoidable Disaster Deaths’ at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2024 international conference.
25 January 2024- Burn Deaths and Burn Injury are Avoidable
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
This Public Webinar was organised jointly by Avoidable Deaths Network and Ms Kristina Stiles in the UK. This webinar brought together five world-leading experts from five countries across four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe and North America).
For more information, please click here.
17 January 2024 – Snakebite Deaths Are Avoidable: Awareness Raising Webinar for The Art of Living Volunteers
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
This closed event was facilitated by ADN Advisory Board Member, Col. Sanjay Srivastava (Executive Director of CROPC) for the Art of Living community.
For more information, please click here.
2023
13 October 2023 – Junior Champion Magazine Launch Event
The Avoidable Deaths Network India Hub launched the first issue of the Junior Champion Magazine at Kalahandi University, Odisha, India.
For more information, please click here. To read the magazine, please click here.
19 September 2023 – Case Station for Avoidable Snakebite Deaths Launch Event
The Avoidable Deaths Network’s India Hub launched the Case Station for Avoidable Snakebite Deaths (CaSA) in Burujhari village of Ganjam District in Odisha, India.
For more information, please click here.
7 July 2023 – Reducing Avoidable Baby and Women’s Deaths Through Improved Rights and Ecosystem for Breastfeeding
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
This Special Session Webinar was organised by Dr. Sari Andajani and Dr. Eilidh Thorburn (BRIDGE Network, Auckland University of Technology).
For more information, please click here.
25 June 2023 – Launch of the Oman Country Chapter
This event was hosted by Mr. Mohammed Ali Said Al Badi (Advisor) in Al Buraimi, Oman.
For more information, please click here.
23 June 2023 – High-Level Round Table Meeting: Exploring the Feasibility and Value of Pioneering Partnerships and a Knowledge-Sharing Network to Reduce Avoidable Snakebite Deaths in India
This High-Level Round Table Meeting was hosted by Colonel Sanjay Srivastava, Chairman (Climate Resilient Observing-Systems Promotion Council) in New Delhi, India.
For more information, please click here.
18 June 2023 – Launch of Bangladesh Country Chapter
The Launch of the Bangladesh Chapter was hosted by Dr. Fatima Akter (Regional Coordinator – Bangladesh) and Mr. Maqbul Hossen Bhuiyan (Collaborator) at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
For more information, please click here.
31 May 2023 – Stories of Resource Scarcity, Security and Sustainability of South Asian Women
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
This Special Session was organised by Professor Deepthi Wickramasinghe (SAADRI – Sri Lanka Chapter, University of Colombo).
For more information, please click here.
13 March 2023 – Launch of a Global Campaign: International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD)
IAD4AD was officially launched by Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction in Izumiotsu, Japan. The Institute for Environmental Futures, ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Event/ Networking Fund, Kansai University, and the University of Leicester’s Participatory Research – Impact Fund funded the event.
For more information, please click here.
8 March 2023 – Between Hope and Fear: Afghan Women and Girls in Political Transition
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
This Special Session was facilitated by Dr. Ayse Yildiz (School of Business, University of Leicester) and Dr. Inshah Malik (New Vision University and ADN-Regional Coordinator, Afghanistan).
For more information, please click here.
19 January 2023 – Workshop on Building Capacity of Health Journalists on Reporting Disasters
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The workshop was organised in collaboration with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Sindh Innovation Research, and Education Network (SIREN) and the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS, Sindh Chapter). Please see the poll survey result here.
For more information, please click here.
2022
7 December 2022 – Neglected Areas of Disaster Loss and Damage
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference and Special Session Webinar
Facilitated by the ADN Hub Uganda, this Special Session Webinar engaged with policymakers, policy influencers, politicians, researchers, climate activists and climate scientists to bring the neglected areas to the fore. For more information, please click here.
14 November 2022 – Raising Awareness on Intercultural Understanding of the Environment
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
Facilitated by ADN Regional Coordinator UK, Dr. Christian Morgner (University of Sheffield), this closed Special Session workshop addressed how we can raise awareness on approaching global environmental concerns from the perspective of diversity and inclusion.
For more information please click here.
17 October 2022– Building Climate Resilient Healthcare Infrastructure: Post Disaster Scenario in Pakistan
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
A hybrid emergency Special Session webinar on “Building Climate Resilient Healthcare Infrastructure- Post Disasters Scenario in Pakistan” took place at Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) in collaboration with the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS, Sindh Chapter), International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and Sindh Innovation Research, and Education Network (SIREN).
For more information please click here.
13 October 2022– International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The ADN celebrated International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), an event promoted by the United Nations General Assembly to encourage a global culture of disaster risk reduction. The theme this year was ‘greater investment in expanding early warning and early action for all’, aligning with Target G of the Sendai Framework: “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.” (UNDRR, 2022).
For more information please click here.
30 September 2022– International Snakebite Awareness Day
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The ADN India Hub is held a Special Session in Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India, facilitated by the Orissa State Volunteers Social Worker’s Association (OSVSWA). The Special Session was delivered in a hybrid format via Zoom and in person in Bhubaneswar.
The Special Session focused on the burden of snakebites, prevention measures to avoid snakebite deaths, and the future of snakes and avoidable snakebite deaths in the context of climate change and climate-related natural hazards in India. For more information click here.
25 July 2022– World Drowning Prevention Day: The Future of Drowning Risk in the Context of COVID-19 and Climate Change
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The global webinar, titled: ‘The Future of Drowning Risk in the Context of COVID-19 and Climate Change’ was held virtually on Monday 25 July at 13:00 – 14:45 BST (UK) to mark the Wold Health Organisation’s (WHO) World Drowning Prevention Day.
The session Chairs were Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett (University of Leicester/ ADN) and Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita (Kansai University/ ADN). Speakers included Dr. Olive Kobusingye (Makerere University), Dr. Aminur Rahman (CIPRB), Dr. Colleen Saunders (University of Cape Town), Ms. Judy Omasete et al. (University of East Anglia and ADN), and Tom Mecrow (Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)). The Future Leaders were Ms. Racheal Nantume (University of Leicester/ ADN) and Arkoneil Ghosh (ADN Junior Champion).
For more information, please click here.
27 June 2022– Stakeholder’s Workshop: Exploring the Feasibility and Value of a Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR) to Reduce Avoidable Disaster Deaths in the Caribbean Region.
This closed brought disaster responders from Defence Agencies, Humanitarian Organisations, Emergency Services, Critical Support Organisations and the At-Risk Community from the 20 Caribbean countries under the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) remit.
To find out more, click here.
4 May 2022– Avoidable Deaths: Anticipatory Framework to Reduce Disaster Deaths
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar and Conference
This Side Event at the UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) brought world-class experts, academics and practitioners from the UK, Germany and India to ‘show and tell’ anticipatory actions around the three components of ADF, and their contribution to reducing disaster deaths.
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25 March 2022– Exclusion and Avoidable Disaster Deaths
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The second Special Session of 2022 focused on Exclusion and Avoidable Disaster Deaths.
The Avoidable Deaths Network presented this session in association with our Regional Coordinators for the Caribbean. For more information, please click here.
28 January 2022 – Reducing Avoidable Disaster Deaths through Effective Mitigation and Response
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The first Special Session of 2022 focused on Reducing Avoidable Disaster Deaths through Effective Mitigation and Response.
The Avoidable Deaths Network presented this session in association with the University of Tehran’s School of Environment.
For more information, please click here.
2021
30 November 2021- Disaster and Development Society’s Virtual Conference
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference
The Disaster and Development Society (DDS) is organizing its second virtual conference, themed “Early Career Researchers are Our Future”. The registration and attendance are open to everyone.
For further information about the conference and the society, please visit their website here.
6 August 2021 – Organisational Partners Virtual Gathering
We are pleased to announce that, ADN’s first Virtual Gathering of all our Organisational Partners will be held on Friday, 6 August 2021 from 11 am to 1 pm UK time.
During this Virtual Gathering, we would like to reflect on ADN’s activities and explore future opportunities for collaboration.
16 June 2021 – Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Residential Fire through Human Perspectives
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The Special Session was held at 11 AM – 1 PM GMT. The speakers were Dr Christian Morgner, Mrs Gill Kernick and Mr Phil Murphy. This was open session facilitated by Shared Aim.
Please click here for more information.
7 May 2021 – Let’s Talk About Silent Deaths
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The Special Session was held at 11 AM GMT. The speakers were Dr Ritu Mahendru, Mr Hari Krishna, Mr Ashis Biswas and Mr Kumar Shubham. This was an open session. Please click here for more information.
26 April 2021 – Good Practices in Disaster Risk Governance
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The Special Session was be held at 6.30 AM GMT. The speakers are Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett, Prof. Michael Petterson and Mr Mihir Bhatt. This is an open Session facilitated by Doers, Himachal Pradesh, India.
12 March 2021- ADN’s 2nd Birthday
We are pleased to announce that it is ADN’s 2nd Birthday on 12 March 2021. Thank you very much to everyone for all your support.
4 March 2021 – Disaster Risk Management – Discourses from Asia and Latin America
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The Special Session was held at 9.30 AM GMT. The speakers are Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita, Dr Holmes Páez and Dr Richard Kotter. This is a closed Session facilitated by the University of Management and Technology, Pakistan for the Center for Disaster Management. To download the flyer for this event, please click here.
5 February 2021 – Responding to Domestic Fires and Coastal Flooding: Lessons from UK, India and Cambodia
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar
The Special Session was held at 11 AM GMT. The speakers are Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett, Mr David Wales, Dr Amaka Adekoya and Mrs Denise Corsel. This is a closed Session facilitated by Disaster Alert for the Nigeria Red Cross, the Nigerian Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency. To download the flyer for this event, please click here.
2020
5 December 2020 – Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The ADN held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 5th December 2020. The first AGM reflected on our past and present activities as well as identify novel activities for 2021. This was a closed meeting and the relevant ADN members have been notified regarding the same.
3 – 5 December 2020 – GORILLA International Conference
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Special Session Webinar and Conference
The ADN held a Special Session titled “Let’s Talk About Avoidable Deaths: Views from Multiple Sectors” at the International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environmental Change (GORILLA), hosted by Makerere University in Kampala. For more information on this conference, please click here. For more information on the event, please click here.
26 October 2020 – Launch of State of the Climate in Africa 2019 Report
20 – 22 October 2020 – Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2020 (ACDR2020) on ‘Can We Adopt to the New Normal? – Approaches from Asia’
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference
The ACDR2020 will share the situations of the member countries and discuss future actions to be taken by focusing on two themes: 1) DRR Measures and Challenges to the Intensifying Disaster Risks; and 2) Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures Amidst COVID-19.
12 October 2020 – ADN’s Global Webinar on Disaster Risk Governance
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Webinar
ADN held a Global Webinar on the topic of Disaster Risk Governance on 12 October 2020, the eve of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Speakers from UNDP, African Union, International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia Region Office, as well as academics and practitioners from South Asia, South-East Asia, US and Caribbean Regions, shared fresh perspectives from their research and practices on disaster risk governance, identify the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for the Sendai Framework’s Global Target E, at the interface with Target A (reducing disaster deaths). This webinar lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes and began at 12:00 PM (GMT+1). For more information on the event, click here.
23 – 26 June 2020 – Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR)
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference
The conference in Brisbane, Australia is expected to focus on the need for local and inclusive action to build community resilience in the face of growing disaster risks. It is expected to produce a political declaration on disaster risk reduction and an updated regional action plan. For more information please click here. This conference has been postponed, given the impact and uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19. Options to reschedule this event at a more suitable time are currently being considered.
27 May 2020 – Launch of the ADN – Uganda Office and the National Workshop in Uganda
On 27 May 2020, the official launch of the ADN – Uganda office will be held. Additionally, a national workshop will be held with key stakeholders in Bangladesh to identify research themes and other activities for the ADN – Uganda office.
9 April 2020 – UNDRR’s Webinar on ‘Reducing COVID-19 Vulnerability Amongst Displaced Populations and Migrants’
UNDRR is holding a webinar titled ‘Reducing COVID-19 Vulnerability Amongst Displaced Populations and Migrants’. This webinar will last 60 minutes and will start at 2:00 PM Thursday 9 April (Bangkok time). This webinar is the second in a series of webinars on COVID-19 organized by UNDRR Asia-Pacific. Register for the webinar by clicking here.
9 April 2020 – Launch of the ADN – Bangladesh Office and the ADN’s National Workshop in Bangladesh
On 9 April 2020, the official launch of the ADN – Bangladesh office will be held. Additionally, a national workshop will be held with key stakeholders in Bangladesh to identify research themes and other activities for the ADN – Bangladesh office. This workshop in Bangladesh has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The India Roundtable Discussion will still take plan on 29 and 30 March 2020.
29-30 March 2020 – ADN’s National Workshop and Roundtable Discussion in India
On 29-30 March, the ADN will hold a national workshop in India with the ADN – India office. The purpose of this workshop will be to engage with key stakeholders to launch the research themes and other activities for the ADN – India office.
13-14 January 2020 – ICDEM 2020 Conference
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference
The ICDEM 2020: International Conference on Disaster and Emergency Management will be held on 13-14 January 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. For more information, please click here.
2019
7 November 2019 – Reproductive Health in Disasters – ESRC Festival of Social Science
On Thursday, 7 November 2019, the event on REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN DISASTERS, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, will be held from 12.00pm to 3.00pm. The location of the event is in the Engineering Lecture Theatre 2 at the University of Leicester. ADN’s President, Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett will be holding the event. It is free and open to all to attend. For more information, please see the flyer on the right or contact us.
17 May 2019 – The ADN at the 2019 Global Platform for DRR in Geneva- Putting the Sendai Framework’s Global Target One into Action
Knowledge-Exchange Event: Conference
On Friday, the 17th of May at 2pm, our co-President, Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett, will present on the IGNITE Stage at the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva. Her talk is entitled: Avoidable Deaths: Putting the Sendai Framework’s Global Target One into Action. If you’re attending the GPDRR, please do attend.
For more details, please click here.
16 May 2019 – Launch of New Words Into Action Guides
On the 16th of May at 11am, three new Words into Action guides will be launched at the IGNITE Stage at the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Words into Action guides are where risk reduction theory is translated into practical, ground-truthed approaches to reducing risk in an array of situations and sectors. The guides cover a range of topics and are authored by teams of experts and practitioners from a range of organisations, drawing from a wide body of knowledge and backed up with experience. The guides include perspectives from around the world: connecting initiatives with best practice ideas from other compelling settings.
For more information, please click here.
13-17 May 2019 – Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
This is a biennial multi-stakeholder forum established by the UN General Assembly to review progress, share knowledge and discuss the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk. This year will be the sixth session of the Global Platform and the overall theme is: Resilience Dividend: Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Societies. To register for the Global Platform or to receive more information, please click here.
25 April 2019 – Launch of the Project Report in Dhaka
As part of the research project, entitled: “Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges around Reproductive Health in Disasters in Bangladesh”, an event will be held in Dhaka to officially launch the project’s final report. This event will be held on the 25th of April 2019 from 09:00-12:00 at the Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Nilkhet Rd, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Funded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) ‘Innovation Programme’ and IPPF-South Asia Region Office’s ‘SPRINT Initiative’, this research project studied how to improve the quality and availability of post-abortion care during a flood. Speakers at this event are Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett from the University of Leicester and Md. Maqbul Bhuiyna from Data Management Aid, Bangladesh. Additionally, the event will be chaired by Professor Hafiza Khatun, Director for the University of Dhaka’s Disaster Research Training and Management Center (DRTMC). The expert panel members will consist of Professor AQM Mahbub from the University of Dhaka and Dr. Md. Mahbub Hossain, Upazila Health Family Planning Officer of Belkuchi Upazila. To access the final report, please click here.
12 March 2019 – ADN’s Official Launch at GADRI
The ADN was officially launched at the 4th Summit of Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) at Kyoto University on the 12th of March 2019. This was done during the side event, titled: Future Leaders for Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management. For more information, please click here.
The launch was attended by the ADN’s Presidents, Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita, and the Operation Manager, Mrs. Denise Corsel. There were 24 GADRI participants from across the world. We were also pleased to see the attendance of Dr. Pedro Rodriguez Veiga from the University of Leicester’s Centre for Landscape and Climate Research (CLCR).
