Traits and risk factors of post-disaster infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Infectious disease outbreaks are increasingly recognised as events that exacerbate impacts or prolong recovery following disasters. Yet, our understanding of the frequency, geography, characteristics and risk factors of post-disaster disease outbreaks globally is lacking. This limits the extent to which disease outbreak risks can be prepared for, monitored and responded to following disasters. Here, we conducted a global systematic review of post-disaster outbreaks and found that outbreaks linked to conflicts and hydrological events were most frequently reported, and most often caused by bacterial and water-borne agents. Lack of adequate WASH facilities and poor housing were commonly reported risk factors. Displacement, through infrastructure damage, can lead to risk cascades for disease o

SUBMITTER: Charnley GEC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature