Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX37BN, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 8;18(4):1614. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041614.
COVID-19 has reinforced the need to revisit the integration of health within disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies for biological hazards in a system-wide approach. In November 2020, DRR experts attended the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum to share progress and learnings in the areas of health system resilience, data management, residual risk management, risk communication, digital literacy, and knowledge product marketing. Advancements for health in DRR included the importance of multi-sectoral, multi-hazard action plans; adaptation to technological advancements in data collection, dissemination and protection; promoting the health and wellbeing of essential and nonprofessional workers; and improving inclusivity in digital literacy. COVID-19 has affected progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and created a unique opportunity within DRR to re-evaluate the adequacy of response mechanisms against concurrent, cascading or interacting risks of future biological hazards. Health emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) is a new World Health Organization paradigm that includes DRR at intra-, inter- and multidisciplinary levels. Scientific advancement under Health-EDRM is necessary for health and non-health actors in DRR education and research. Continuous education on the multifaceted risk governance is a key to building awareness, capacity and accelerating towards achieving the international DRR and the SDG targets.
COVID-19 强化了在全系统方法中重新审视将卫生纳入减少灾害风险（DRR）战略以应对生物危害的必要性。2020 年 11 月，DRR 专家参加了亚太减少灾害风险伙伴关系（APP-DRR）论坛，分享卫生系统恢复力、数据管理、剩余风险管理、风险沟通、数字扫盲和知识产品营销等领域的进展和经验教训。DRR 领域的卫生进步包括多部门、多灾害行动计划的重要性；适应数据收集、传播和保护方面的技术进步；促进基本和非专业工作人员的健康和福利；以及提高数字扫盲的包容性。COVID-19 影响了可持续发展目标（SDG）的进展，并在 DRR 中创造了一个独特的机会，重新评估应对未来生物危害的并发、级联或相互作用风险的应对机制的充分性。卫生应急灾害风险管理（Health-EDRM）是世界卫生组织的一个新范式，包括在内部、跨部门和多学科层面的 DRR。Health-EDRM 下的科学进步对于 DRR 教育和研究中的卫生和非卫生行为者都是必要的。关于多方面风险治理的持续教育是建立意识、能力和加速实现国际减少灾害风险和可持续发展目标的关键。
