Keyword: Early warning systems
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This article is based on a review of recent literature as well as a number of interviews with humanitarian agency staff that have had long-term experience and knowledge of Ethiopia.
Issue 18, March 2003 (page 18)
Summary of research.
Issue 37, November 2009 (page 7)
Ethiopia has suffered from numerous natural and man-made emergencies and continues to be vulnerable to rapid and slow onset emergencies. Since the major famine in 1984/85, considerable efforts have been made to install a credible and effective early warning system (EWS) as part of emergency preparedness to enable a timely disaster response.
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 62)
Summary of published paper.
Issue 6, February 1999 (page 8)
Summary of published research.
Issue 29, December 2006 (page 8)
Disaster Management structures and systems have a relatively short history in Ethiopia having evolved after the ‘great famine’ of 1973/74 when the first government institution, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) was created.
Issue 40, February 2011 (page 65)