Sentence examples for despite preparedness from inspiring English sources

Despite preparedness activities and meetings, one might expect it to be a central component of its developmental approach.

However, despite preparedness efforts, it appears that, particularly in the USA, Mexico, Canada and the UK, local chains of virus transmission can sustain autonomous dynamics which may lead to the next pandemic.

Despite the preparedness, hotel staff in the Lan Kwai Fong area of central Hong Kong warned guests to charge phones and stock up on foodstuffs and water.

Despite intensive preparedness planning the added value of the comprehensive assessment of the FF100 cases and contacts during the 2009 influenza pandemic in the Netherlands was less than expected due to limited number of participants underlying the novel observations and the delay in recruitment of both cases and controls.

The national survey data revealed the majority of Nepali mothers did not prepare any of the four activities and only half of the women made the recommended four or more antenatal care visits, despite birth preparedness being incorporated into the national safe motherhood programme since 2009.

But the NRC has so far defended its minimal emergency zones, despite unease about preparedness.

Despite the experience and preparedness of the outfitter and crew, there are simply no guarantees.

This could also partly explain why a relatively small percentage of respondents were actively engaged in explicit preparedness actions, despite the high level of risk awareness.

"Washington isn't ready yet to take more than a few tentative steps toward a war preparedness program, despite stronger words against Russia.

Background: Despite efforts to improve preparedness training for health professionals, disaster medicine remains a peripheral component of traditional medical education in the United States (US) and is a rarely studied topic in the medical literature.

Despite raised awareness and preparedness, the number of human cases during July 2007 June 2008 was 1,483, a new high.