Disaster Risk Reduction Information Resources

Pounds of Prevention Series

Benjamin Franklin is famous for the adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Today, we are faced with great challenges brought about by increasing population and urbanization, a changing climate, and a demonstrated increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters. To continue to tackle these challenges in the face of increasing disaster risks, what has become clear is this: We need more than an ounce of prevention, we need pounds of prevention!

• Focus on Afghanistan (397kb PDF)
• Focus on Bangladesh (314kb PDF)
• Focus on Brazil (354kb PDF)
• Focus on Colombia (307kb PDF)
• Focus on Guatemala (342kb PDF)
• Focus on Indonesia (303kb PDF)
• Focus on Kenya (394kb PDF)
• Focus on Locusts (305kb PDF)
• Focus on Malawi (428kb PDF)
• Focus on Money & Microfinance (428kb PDF)
• Focus on Paraguay (380kb PDF)
• Focus on the Philippines I (282kb PDF)
• Focus on the Philippines II (317kb PDF)
• Focus on West Africa Cholera (278kb PDF)

USAID/OFDA FY 2012 Disaster Risk Reduction Fact Sheets

• East and Central Africa (ECA) DRR fact sheet (335kb PDF) and map (186kb PDF)
• East Asia and Pacific (EAP) DRR fact sheet (335kb PDF) and map (186kb PDF)
• Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA) DRR fact sheet (1.2mb PDF) and map (404kb PDF)
• Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) DRR fact sheet (313kb PDF) and map (153kb PDF)
• West Africa DRR fact sheet (1mb PDF) and map (179kb PDF)

USAID/OFDA FY 2011 Disaster Risk Reduction Fact Sheets

• Global DRR fact sheet (396kb PDF)
  • East and Central Africa (ECA) DRR fact sheet (287kb PDF) and map (277kb PDF)
  • East Asia and Pacific (EAP) DRR fact sheet (280kb PDF) and map (183kb PDF)
  • Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA) DRR fact sheet (1.2mb PDF) and map (642kb PDF)
  • Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) DRR fact sheet (191kb PDF) and map (144kb PDF)
  • Southern Africa DRR fact sheet (302kb PDF) and map (121kb PDF)
  • South Asia DRR fact sheet (269kb PDF) and map (194kb PDF)
  • West and North Africa DRR fact sheet (249kb PDF) and map (114kb PDF)