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The Five hundred and Seventeenth ACT of the Parliament of the Republic of GHANA Entitled NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION ACT, 1996. An Act to establish a National Disaster Management Organisation to be responsible for the management of areas affected by disasters and similar emergencies, for the rehabilitation of persons affected by disasters and to provide for related matters.
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Disasters are both natural and man-made (human induced). Disaster Management is multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary in practice. It comprises all activities in the three phases of the disaster management cycle, i.e. before, during and after emergencies.
In Ghana, National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is the constitutionally mandated government agency to coordinate the management of disasters and other emergencies. The Organization, with its headquarters in Accra has offices in all the ten (10) regional, one hundred and thirty-eight (138) district and nine hundred (900) zonal capitals.
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