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Live to Tell : Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality
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Raising Awareness about Disaster Reduction
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Step Up initiative about Disaster Reduction
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -2016 – Target 1: Substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030, aiming to lower the average per 100, 000 global mortality rate in the decade 2020-2030 compared to the period 2005-2015.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 2017 edition continues as part of the “Sendai Seven” campaign, centred on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework. This year the focus is on Target B, of which the aim is to reduce the number of people affected by disasters by 2030.
Detailed explanation-3: -October 13 is designated as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with a focus on encouraging a global culture of risk awareness and catastrophe preparedness.
Detailed explanation-4: -The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) is a long-term national sectoral plan aiming to address four main priority areas as disaster prevention and mitigation, disaster preparedness, disaster response, rehabilitation and recovery.
Detailed explanation-5: -The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. In 2009, the UNGA officially designated 13 October as the date to commemorate the Day (A/RES/64/200).