Basaria Areeba A A, Ahsan Areeba, Nadeem Abdullah, Tariq Rabeea, Raufi Nahid
Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Medicine, Kabul Medical University, Afghanistan.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2023 Jul 7;85(8):3778-3782. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000001056. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Natural disasters are catastrophic occurrences that can seriously harm infrastructure, inflict property damage, and even result in fatalities. Water supply and sanitation systems can be disrupted in flooded areas, raising the risk of infectious diseases. It is advised that public health responders do a disease risk assessment of such a catastrophic event to ascertain the disaster's consequences and the health requirements. This editorial provides an overview of the transmission of infectious illnesses after hydrometeorological disasters. It also discusses the effects of such catastrophes on individuals' psychological and physical health who live in disaster-prone locations.
自然灾害是灾难性事件,会严重破坏基础设施、造成财产损失甚至导致人员死亡。洪水泛滥地区的供水和卫生系统可能会中断,增加传染病风险。建议公共卫生应急人员对这类灾难性事件进行疾病风险评估,以确定灾害的后果和健康需求。这篇社论概述了水文气象灾害后传染病的传播情况。它还讨论了这类灾难对生活在易受灾地区的个人心理和身体健康的影响。