Abstract
Despite Asia being the continent with the highest frequency of natural hazards, there is limited disaster literature that explores the existing interventions and practices regarding disaster risk reduction, especially with health as a focus. Rural demography was chosen as the focus due to its known vulnerability. Furthermore, this chapter breaks down Health-EDRM into primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to assist in identifying the gaps for action. The lack of monitoring and evaluation is highlighted along with the need to provide disaggregated data in meteorological and hydrological hazards.
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Chan, E.Y.Y., Man, A.Y.T., Lam, H.C.Y. (2020). Technical Review of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Literature in Rural Asia. In: Chan, E., Shaw, R. (eds) Public Health and Disasters. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0924-7_21
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