The country trailblazing the fight against disasters - BBC Future
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The country trailblazing the fight against disasters 20 July 2022 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Catherine Davison Features correspondent Catherine Davison Rina Sarkar, a Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteer, during an early warning drill in Chila village, Bangladesh (Credit: Catherine Davison) Bangladesh has a world-leading system to protect people from disasters, including through an army of female volunteers to better support women. What can other countries learn from it? The cyclone that killed Chaina Mistry's two-month-old brother in late 1988 arrived unexpectedly and in
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