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Detrimental secondary health effects after disasters and pandemics

Researchers from Osaka University showed an increase in major non-communicable diseases after the Fukushima disaster and COVID-19 outbreak
Osaka University
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Documents and publications
2023

Should everyone in need be treated equally? A European survey of expert judgment on social vulnerability to floods and pandemics to validate multi-hazard vulnerability factors

The research aim of this study is to identify socio-demographic groups vulnerable to floods and whether the groups vulnerable to floods and pandemics overlap or are disjoint.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Infectious diseases study highlights inconsistent reporting and importance of the human factor

A new report has unified the WHO threat prevention model, after reviewing nearly 3,000 documents issued over the 23 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic
El País
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We tested the wastewater from planes to detect COVID among travellers – here’s what we found

Small traces of many pathogens, such as viruses we may be infected with, are excreted when we go to the toilet. Ultimately, these agents find their way to municipal wastewater treatment plants where sewage samples can be taken and the levels measured.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications
2023

Learning from weather and climate science to prepare for a future pandemic

Established pandemic models have yielded mixed results to track and forecast SARS-CoV-2. To prepare for future outbreaks, the disease-modeling community can improve their modeling capabilities by learning from the weather and climate research field.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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7 essentials to create a resilient global healthcare supply chain

It was 20 years ago, when the SARS outbreak exposed key fragilities in the global healthcare supply chain. Yet today, nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic many of the same supply-chain fragilities remain.
World Economic Forum
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Poor mental health doubled likelihood of experiencing financial hardship during pandemic

Up to one in five adults with a history of poor mental health reported they were ‘much worse off’ financially a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to one in ten of those who had never had psychological problems in adulthood, according to new study.
University College London
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Climate change is adding to a growing infectious disease burden – we need coordinated action now

Climate change – which is not just an environmental emergency, but a public health one too – is meeting existing drivers such as globalization, urbanization and inequality to fuel the transmission of disease.
World Economic Forum
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Documents and publications
2020

Evaluación del impacto social y económico de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la Ciudad de México: Diagnóstico

Evaluación desarrollada para apoyar el diseño de políticas, programas y acciones que permitan a la Ciudad de México sobrevivir, resistir, recuperarse y adaptarse y crecer ante riesgos, tensiones crónicas, impactos actuales y futuros.
Secretaría de Gestión Integral de Riesgos y Protección Civil de la Ciudad de México Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Documents and publications
2023

Financing global health security: estimating the costs of pandemic preparedness in Global Fund eligible countries

This analysis argues that investments to build country-level capacities in health security are critical to ensure that the global community is better poised to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks.
BMJ Global Health