Integrating Health Into Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies: Key Considerations for Success

The human and financial costs of disasters are vast. In 2011, disasters were estimated to have cost $378 billion worldwide; disasters have affected 64% of the world’s population since 1992. Consequently, disaster risk reduction strategies have become increasingly prominent on national and internatio...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 104; no. 10; pp. 1811 - 1816
Main Authors:	Dar, Osman, Buckley, Emmeline J., Rokadiya, Sakib, Huda, Qudsia, Abrahams, Jonathan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Public Health Association 01.10.2014
Subjects:	At risk populations Commentaries Disaster management Disaster Planning - economics Disaster Planning - organization & administration Disaster risk Disasters Earthquakes Emergency preparedness Foreign policy Global Health Health Health Care Rationing Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Policy Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration Health Status Humans International organizations International policy Mainstreaming Mental Health Other Environment Pandemics Policy Population growth Prevention Primary care Public health Resilience Risk Risk Factors Risk reduction Risk Reduction Behavior Sanitation Social development Society Strategies Success Vulnerable Populations World population
ISSN:	0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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Summary:	The human and financial costs of disasters are vast. In 2011, disasters were estimated to have cost $378 billion worldwide; disasters have affected 64% of the world’s population since 1992. Consequently, disaster risk reduction strategies have become increasingly prominent on national and international policy agendas. However, the function of health in disaster risk reduction strategies often has been restricted to emergency response. To mitigate the effect of disasters on social and health development goals (such as risk reduction Millennium Development Goals) and increase resilience among at-risk populations, disaster strategies should assign the health sector a more all-encompassing, proactive role. We discuss proposed methods and concepts for mainstreaming health in disaster risk reduction and consider barriers faced by the health sector in this field.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 Peer Reviewed Contributors All authors contributed to the writing and editing of the article. E.J. Buckley contributed to the design of Figure 1.
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2014.302134