8.2: Disaster Risk Management
The long-term goal is the reduction in the socio-economic impact of disasters as well as building a strong disaster management
mechanism.
Other Information:
Improving Disaster Risk Management -- Malawi is frequently affected by natural disasters and calamities. Apart from disasters
that hit traditional disaster-prone areas like the Shire Valley, acute food shortage is the worst form of humanitarian crisis
in Malawi. Lakeshore areas are also prone to severe flooding during years of heavy rains. Hailstorms also destroy crops, livestock,
and other infrastructure thereby reducing productivity and removing the sources of livelihoods. It is therefore important
to harness wealth creation and poverty reduction by putting in place adequate disaster risk management measures that go beyond
emergency response to preparedness, prevention and mitigation as well as rehabilitation and reconstruction. Nevertheless,
disaster risk management efforts face a number of challenges and constraints among which are inadequate funding, poor response
to disasters and lack of an effective early warning system... Medium Term Expected Outcome: The expected medium-term outcome
is reduced impact of disasters by improved disaster risk management.
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