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- Title
Disaster Risk Reduction in Myanmar: A Need for Focus on Community Preparedness and Improved Evaluation of Initiatives.
- Authors
Smith, Andrew D.; Chan, Emily Y. Y.
- Abstract
Myanmar is a country in political and economic transition. Facing a wide-variety of natural hazards and ongoing conflict, the country's under-developed infrastructure has resulted in high disaster risk. Following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and increased global focus on disaster management and risk reduction, Myanmar has begun development of national disaster policies. Myanmar's Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction addressed multiple stages of disaster development and has made progress towards national projects, however, has struggled to implement community-based preparedness and response initiatives. This article analyses Myanmar's disaster strategy, though the use of a disaster development framework and suggests areas for possible improvement. In particular, the article aims to generate discussion regarding methods of supporting objective evaluation of risk reduction initiatives in developing countries. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:422–426)
- Subjects
MYANMAR; EMERGENCY management; PREPAREDNESS; DISASTERS; RISK assessment; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 4, p422
- ISSN
1935-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/dmp.2017.107