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New Facebook ‘Safety Check’ maps to help with disaster response [1]

There are 170 million Facebook users on the African continent, including some 70 percent of people who are online, and most of them are familiar with features like “Safety Check” in times of a natu

Publication Date: 
09/06/2017
Africa Times [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Africa [4], Disaster Management [5], UNICEF [6], World Food Programme (WFP) [7], Disaster Preparedness [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/africa-times
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unicef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/world-food-programme-wfp
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-preparedness