Narrative Review on Health-EDRM Primary Prevention Measures for Vector-Borne Diseases.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is expanding the global at-risk population for vector-borne diseases (VBDs). The World Health Organization (WHO) health emergency and disaster risk management (health-EDRM) framework emphasises the importance of primary prevention of biological hazards and its value in protecting against VBDs. The framework encourages stakeholder coordination and information sharing, though there is still a need to reinforce prevention and recovery within disaster management. This keyword-search based narrative literature review searched databases PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase and Medline between January 2000 and May 2020, and identified 134 publications. In total, 10 health-EDRM primary prevention measures are summarised at three levels (personal, environmental and household). Enabling fac

SUBMITTER: Chan EYY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7459832 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature