PUBHLTH 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Natural Disaster, Diarrhea, Dysentery
15 Nov 2016
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Internally displaces people (idp) forced to leave their homes due to disaster but stays in the same country. Weather related natural disasters: tsunamis and droughts, hurricanes and heavy rains, typhoons and cyclones. Other natural disasters: earthquakes and volcanoes. Largest impact of natural disasters: affect low-and middle-income countries. Features of che"s: occur for long periods of time, majority of che"s are (cid:272)i(cid:448)il (cid:449)ars, civilians are intentionally targeted by combatants, abuse of human rights and destruction of health facilities. Types of che"s: civil wars and genocides (rwanda, droughts and political instability (afghanistan) Natural disasters: july 2010: flood in pakistan, over 1,600 killed, march 2011: earthquake and tsunami in japan, october 2012: hurricane sandy, november 2013: typhoon haiyan in the philippines. Che"s: syria: civil war created 2. 8 million syrian refugees (2014, libya: conflict between pro and anti-qadhafi forces. Significant harm to infrastructure: health infrastructure. Missing people reports and rising death tolls.
