Addressing non-communicable diseases in disaster risk reduction – an issue of equity

The issues raised by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during and after disasters are a challenge to equity within local communities, as well as between countries. Individuals with NCDs are particularly vulnerable in disasters and their aftermath given health systems are disrupted. Although welcome pr...

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Autores principales: Gnanapragasam, Sam, Aitsi-Selmi, Amina, Rashbrook, Elaine, Murray, Virginia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Atlantis Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27001076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2016.02.005
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description The issues raised by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during and after disasters are a challenge to equity within local communities, as well as between countries. Individuals with NCDs are particularly vulnerable in disasters and their aftermath given health systems are disrupted. Although welcome progress has been made in taking NCDs and equity into account in the UN General Assembly ratified agreement, the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction 2015–2030, there is need now for a clear plan of implementation.
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spelling pubmed-73204382020-07-28 Addressing non-communicable diseases in disaster risk reduction – an issue of equity Gnanapragasam, Sam Aitsi-Selmi, Amina Rashbrook, Elaine Murray, Virginia J Epidemiol Glob Health Article The issues raised by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) during and after disasters are a challenge to equity within local communities, as well as between countries. Individuals with NCDs are particularly vulnerable in disasters and their aftermath given health systems are disrupted. Although welcome progress has been made in taking NCDs and equity into account in the UN General Assembly ratified agreement, the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction 2015–2030, there is need now for a clear plan of implementation. Atlantis Press 2016 2016-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7320438/ /pubmed/27001076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2016.02.005 Text en © 2016 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia, Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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