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Health security is a vital pillar of German national security. While the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test, high expenditure failing to yield superior health outcomes reveals structural inefficiency in the German healt...

Materias / palabras clave: Medicine: Medicine (General); Medicine: Nursing

ABSTRACT Background Emergency and public health problems are unavoidable and can strike at any time. In a globalized world where crises are getting more common, more devastating, and have a substantial influence on socie...

Modern disaster medicine faces a critical tension between humanitarian impulse and evidence-based necessity. And while disaster risk is the product of Hazard and Vulnerability, socio-economic factors are the primary pred...

Materias / palabras clave: armed conflicts (MeSH); displaced people; forced migration; health equity (MeSH); infectious disease; natural disaster

German civil protection faces a resilience crisis driven by a fragile volunteer base and escalating disaster complexity. Empirical data indicates that only one third of volunteer responders are available during emergenci...

Abstract Background Most climate and health studies are based on a single extreme weather event and do not consider multiple physical processes across spatial and temporal scales. Our aim was to explore the current lands...

Abstract Background Climate change has caused more frequent and severe extreme weather events, threatening health system resilience worldwide. In April and May 2024, Kenya experienced unprecedented extensive floods with ...

Abstract Background Mobile technology can deliver public health interventions to reach remote populations such as unique mHealth interventions aimed at low-literacy audiences in low resource settings. This research study...

The aerospace industry is a very unforgiving field, where even the smallest error could have catastrophic consequences. To reduce the risk of disaster, multiple systems are put into place to provide accurate information ...

Background: Natural disasters pose significant risks to vulnerable populations, particularly pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, who face increased health and safety challenges during emergencies. Strengthenin...

AbstractPublic health emergencies such as pandemics, natural disasters, and epidemics may require rapid, high-stakes decisions often made by elected officials with limited public health training. Artificial intelligence ...

Introduction Disasters often cause large numbers of injuries, including fractures, lacerations and amputations, which overwhelm emergency services. Orthotic and prosthetic solutions can provide timely primary care, reduc...

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, like many other formerly socialist countries, experienced a surge in tuberculosis (TB). Despite the successful efforts of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health in reducin...

The stability and functionality of modern, highly technological societies are profoundly dependent on the uninterrupted availability of critical infrastructure services. The health sector plays a unique role in protectin...

Abstract Background In Hatay, Türkiye, which suffered extensive devastation from the earthquake of 2023, people were living in container cities during the recovery process. While the physical and psychological effects o...

Abstract Background Floods are among the most frequent and destructive natural disasters worldwide, and India remains one of the most affected countries. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and enduring psy...

Abstract Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel frequently operate in high-stress environments, particularly during disaster deployments, placing them at heightened risk of psychological distress. Evidence describing...

Abstract Background This study examined pharmaceutical needs in the subacute phase following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, using dispensed prescriptions as a proxy. We described demand patterns, the dispensing time...

Abstract The world is off track six years to the 2030 deadline for attaining the sustainable development goals and universal health coverage. This is particularly evident in Africa’s armed conflict-affected and humanit...

The article is about the contributions of the Turkish Society of Nephrology Renal Disaster Group to saving and providing help to the earthquake victims and to the treatment of survivors. The lessons learned from the eart...

Abstract BackgroundHealth and health care systems are progressively challenged by more frequent natural and human-caused hazards. A hazard becomes a disaster when vulnerability and exposure interact in comple...

Today, climate change has become a global crisis threatening not only the environment but also economic, social, and political systems worldwide. This situation necessitates the systematic analysis of both the drivers co...