Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh

This article was published in the Lancet [©2013 Published by Elsevier Inc.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61948-0 The article website is at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673613619480

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Main Authors:	Rahman, Mohammad Aminur, Mallick, Fuad Hassan, Cash, Richard A, Halder, Shantana R, Husain, Mushtuq, Islam, Md Sirajul, May, Maria A, Rahman, Mahmudur
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	© 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc. 2016
Subjects:	Disaster management
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/6223

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spelling	10361-62232019-09-30T03:02:34Z Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh Rahman, Mohammad Aminur Mallick, Fuad Hassan Cash, Richard A Halder, Shantana R Husain, Mushtuq Islam, Md Sirajul May, Maria A Rahman, Mahmudur Disaster management This article was published in the Lancet [©2013 Published by Elsevier Inc.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61948-0 The article website is at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673613619480 Bangladesh, with a population of 151 million people, is a country that is particularly prone to natural disasters: 26% of the population are affected by cyclones and 70% live in flood-prone regions. Mortality and morbidity from these events have fallen substantially in the past 50 years, partly because of improvements in disaster management. Thousands of cyclone shelters have been built and government and civil society have mobilised strategies to provide early warning and respond quickly. Increasingly, flood and cyclone interventions have leveraged community resilience, and general activities for poverty reduction have integrated disaster management. Furthermore, overall population health has improved greatly on the basis of successful public health activities, which has helped to mitigate the effect of natural disasters. Challenges to the maintenance and reduction of the effect of cyclones and floods include rapid urbanisation and the growing effect of global warming. Although the effects of earthquakes are unknown, some efforts to prepare for this type of event are underway. This is the fifth in a Series of six papers about innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh Published 2016-08-28T09:30:21Z 2016-08-28T09:30:21Z 2013-11 Article Cash, R. A., Halder, S. R., Husain, M., Islam, M. S., Mallick, F. H., May, M. A.,Rahman, M. A. (2013). Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh. The Lancet, 382(9910), 2094–2103. http://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61948-0 0140-6736 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/6223 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61948-0 application/pdf © 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh

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