ABSTRACTTo investigate in vitro anti microbial activity of aerial parts of Calotropis procera and Centellaasatica Linn., that have been popularly used as folk…
DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE PORT-HARCOURT CHAPTERONE 1.1BACKGROUNDTOTHESTUDY THE NEED FOR A DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE Disaster means a progressive or sudden, widespread or localised, natural or human caused occurrence which causes or threatens to cause; Death, injury or disease, Damage to property, infrastructure or the environment, Disruption of the life of a community; and is of the magnitude that exceeds the ability of those affected by the disaster to cope with its effect using only their own resources. A disaster management centre is needed to: Toimplementan integrated and coordinate disaster management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, rapid and effective response to disasters and post disaster recovery. Topreparethe document that will identify risks, assess risks, risk response development and risk response control. Thepurposeof centre is to outline policy and procedures for both proactive disaster prevention and the re-active disaster response and mitigation phases. The disaster management centre functions are as follows: Mustspecialise in issues concerning disasters within Rivers State.…