News, challenges and future perspectives

Few people question the link between information management and risk reduction. Today’s disaster managers find it difficult to take decisive action without the solid information resources and tools to make decisions on any and all facets of disaster preparedness, prevention, mitigation or response. (More)

The Central American Health and Disaster Information Network now a reality

Two years ago, CRID launched a project to improve access to health and disaster information in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, with the financial and technical support of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the Pan American Health Organization and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. (More)

Going Digital: the best way to decentralize information

CRID´s most valuable asset is its collection of documents, which has grown over its 12-year history. It includes thousands of publications, technical documents and educational material that together form the most extensive technical and historical archive of disaster work in recent decades in Latin America and the Caribbean. (More)

Ten good reasons to get to know, use and promote CRID’s work (More)

CRID’s new and improved services

The planning, execution and follow-up of the activities mentioned in these pages has certainly improved the technical and managerial capacity of the CRID. At the same time, however, the many new demands generated by the enthusiasm of the countries have brought CRID to the brink of its capacity. (More)

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