3 There is greater public visibility of humanitarian emergencies, natural and manmade alike; coverage of events such as the Sri Lankan tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Haiti and Arab Spring highlights the immense human cost of humanitarian crises, increasing awareness and interest in relief work.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said dementia is a national crisis and awareness of it is "shockingly low".
Although from a different field, the recent 'economic crisis' raised awareness that (unexpected) events influence our world view.
WASH Advocates aims to solve the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene crises by raising awareness and increasing the amount and effectiveness of resources.
To become more resilient to crises, a raised awareness of crises, especially in the area of HR, is necessary [ 19].
The cyclical nutrition crises have raised awareness on the urgent need to train more highly skilled nutrition professionals to deliver emergency nutrition interventions.
An important step to crisis resolution capacity is raised awareness for crises.
The vicar is in London to speak about the crisis and raise awareness of the urgent need to provide more help to the persecuted minority.
"Martin Guitar is lending their star power to help end this crisis and the awareness they raise for the issue will make a real difference," says David Banks, managing director for the Nature Conservancy's Africa Program.
Should the Supreme Court take the extreme though unlikely step of ruling the 2012 election to be invalid, a constitutional and political crisis would follow.Public awareness of voting disparities is rising as rural areas empty, putting pressure on the judiciary to act.
Therefore, variations were noticed in terms of levels of awareness, crisis preparedness, and resilience.
