Aid agency says disaster prevention 'better than cure'

Disaster prevention must become part of emergency work if the world is not to see a repetition of the death and destruction caused in 2005 by a litany of disasters: a tsunami, floods, hurricanes, mudslides, earthquakes and severe food shortages, Christian Aid has said.

In a report released today (Thursday), ‘Don’t be scared, be prepared’, the aid agency calls for disaster risk reduction to be part of all future emergency and development programmes.

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