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DKI APCSS and Pacific Disaster Center propose a systematic methodology to rank needs of people with life threatening conditions and chronic diseases before, during and after a disaster
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DKI APCSS and Pacific Disaster Center propose a systematic methodology to rank needs of people with life threatening conditions and chronic diseases before, during and after a disaster

By APCSS Editor|2019-10-24T10:05:49-10:00May 14th, 2019|Categories: College, Conference, Ryan, news|Tags: disaster, australia, Pacific, Center, emergency|

Dr. Benjamin Ryan, DKI APCSS, and Dr. Joseph Green, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), proposed a systematic methodology to rank needs of people with life threatening conditions and chronic diseases before, during and after a disaster at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress in Brisbane, Australia, on May 8, 2019. Dr. Ryan, DKI APCSS Dr. Ryan discussed how disasters can damage the essential social protections and public health infrastructure required for vulnerable populations. This contributes to indirect mortality and morbidity as high as 70–90%, primarily due to an exacerbation of life-threatening conditions and chronic diseases. The [...]

Dr. Ryan discusses the need to integrate the private sector into international disaster response
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Dr. Ryan discusses the need to integrate the private sector into international disaster response

By APCSS Editor|2019-10-24T10:08:11-10:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: Ryan, news|Tags: Humanitarian, disaster, australia, presentation|

Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) professor Dr. Benjamin Ryan delivered a presentation on how and why the private sector should be integrated into international disaster response Mar. 26. The presentation was hosted Dr. Malinda Steenkamp and Ms. Johanna Garnett from the Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, in Adelaide, Australia. The presentation was attended by representatives from the private sector, government and academia. Dr. Ryan discussed how increased disaster frequency and intensity throughout the Indo-Pacific is progressively pushing humanitarian agencies beyond their ability to cope and while the use of the military in such situations is standard [...]

The Critical Role of Crisis Resilience in Building and Sustaining Political, Economic and Social Stability
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The Critical Role of Crisis Resilience in Building and Sustaining Political, Economic and Social Stability

By APCSS Editor|2019-10-24T10:08:12-10:00January 17th, 2019|Categories: Faculty Articles, Campbell, Opinions/Editorials, Canyon, Ryan, news|

"The Critical Role of Crisis Resilience in Building and Sustaining Political, Economic and Social Stability" is a new article co-authored by Benjamin J. Ryan, Deon v. Canyon, James Campbell, Frederick M. Burkle, and Wie-Sen Li. It was recently published in the Defense Security Brief, volume 7, issue 2 According to the authors: "For the Indo-Pacific to build and maintain crisis resilience, implementation is required at regional, national, provincial and local levels. However, without a resilient local government and community, national and provincial resilience is not possible. This is because the local community levels are most intensely and immediately impacted by a [...]

Faculty addresses HADR rationale in Indo-Pacific
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Faculty addresses HADR rationale in Indo-Pacific

By APCSS Editor|2019-10-24T10:08:13-10:00December 10th, 2018|Categories: Campbell, Opinions/Editorials, External Publications, Canyon, Ryan, news|Tags: Humanitarian, assistance, disaster, relief|

Three DKI APCSS Faculty members recently co-authored a paper entitled “Rationale for involving the private sector in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Indo-Pacific.” Dr. Benjamin Ryan, Dr. Deon Canyon and Dr. James Campbell all contributed to the paper. The article was also co-authored by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Risk Reduction. With the rise in disaster frequency and intensity throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, the article explores the significant opportunity that exists for international humanitarian and disaster relief systems [...]

Prof. Benjamin Ryan co-authors new paper on reducing mortality from non-communicable diseases post disaster
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Prof. Benjamin Ryan co-authors new paper on reducing mortality from non-communicable diseases post disaster

By APCSS Editor|2019-04-01T15:28:08-10:00October 24th, 2017|Categories: Faculty, College, Independent Faculty Articles, External Publications, Ryan|

DKI APCSS associate professor Benjamin J. Ryan co-authored a new paper entitled: “Ranking and prioritizing strategies for reducing mortality and morbidity from noncommunicable diseases post disaster: An Australian perspective.” The paper appears in the latest International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Other authors are Richard C. Franklin, Frederick M. Burkle, Erin C. Smith, Peter Aitken, Kerrianne Watt, and Pter A. Leggat. ABSTRACT: “The increasing noncommunicable disease burden and frequency of natural disasters across the world has created an immediate need to implement strategies for reducing the risk of indirect mortality and morbidity post disaster. People at greatest risk of their condition [...]

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