Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
A/RES/69/283
reinforce the capacity to implement, survey and enforce such codes through an
appropriate approach, with a view to fostering disaster-resistant structures;
(i) To enhance the resilience of national health systems, including by
integrating disaster risk management into primary, secondary and tertiary health
care, especially at the local level; developing the capacity of health workers in
understanding disaster risk and applying and implementing disaster risk reduction
approaches in health work; promoting and enhancing the training capacities in the
field of disaster medicine; and supporting and training community health groups in
disaster risk reduction approaches in health programmes, in collaboration with other
sectors, as well as in the implementation of the International Health Regulations
(2005) of the World Health Organization;
(j) To strengthen the design and implementation of inclusive policies and
social safety-net mechanisms, including through community involvement, integrated
with livelihood enhancement programmes, and access to basic health-care services,
including maternal, newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive health, food
security and nutrition, housing and education, towards the eradication of poverty, to
find durable solutions in the post-disaster phase and to empower and assist people
disproportionately affected by disasters;
(k) People with life-threatening and chronic disease, due to their particular
needs, should be included in the design of policies and plans to manage their risks
before, during and after disasters, including having access to life-saving services;
(l) To encourage the adoption of policies and programmes addressing
disaster-induced human mobility to strengthen the resilience of affected people and
that of host communities, in accordance with national laws and circumstances;
(m) To promote, as appropriate, the integration of disaster risk reduction
considerations and measures in financial and fiscal instruments;
(n) To strengthen the sustainable use and management of ecosystems and
implement integrated environmental and natural resource management approaches
that incorporate disaster risk reduction;
(o) To increase business resilience and protection of livelihoods and
productive assets throughout the supply chains, ensure continuity of services and
integrate disaster risk management into business models and practices;
(p) To strengthen the protection of livelihoods and productive assets,
including livestock, working animals, tools and seeds;
(q) To promote and integrate disaster risk management approaches
throughout the tourism industry, given the often heavy reliance on tourism as a key
economic driver.
Global and regional levels
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To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To promote coherence across systems, sectors and organizations related
to sustainable development and to disaster risk reduction in their policies, plans,
programmes and processes;
(b) To promote the development and strengthening of disaster risk transfer
and sharing mechanisms and instruments in close cooperation with partners in the
international community, business, international financial institutions and other
relevant stakeholders;
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