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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| Vydané v: | American journal of public health (1971) Ročník 104; číslo 10; s. 1811 - 1816 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , , , , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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United States
American Public Health Association
01.10.2014
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| ISSN: | 0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048 |
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| Shrnutí: | 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. |
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| Bibliografia: | 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 |