The link between natural disasters and subsequent fungal infections in disaster-affected persons has been increasingly recognized. Fungal respiratory conditions associated with disasters include coccidioidomycosis, and fungi are among several organisms that can cause near-drowning pneumonia. Wound contamination with organic matter can lead to post-disaster skin and soft tissue fungal infections...

The kites shown above were part of an innovative project wherein schools acted as an effective medium to reach out to the community regarding disaster preparedness and response. The pilot project “Testing Communication strategies for Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction” built upon schools and children as an effective way to create awareness and build up capacities of the community to be prepared...

Social media is becoming popular as a key source of information on disasters and crisis situations. Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) respondents can gain valuable insights and situational awareness by monitoring social mediabased feeds. Specifically, the use of microblogs (i.e., Twitter) has been shown to provide new information not otherwise attainable. In this paper, we present a n...

The use of social media during disasters has received increasing attention in studies of the past few years. Existing research is mostly focused upon analyzing text-based messages from social media platforms such as Twitter, while imagebased platforms have not been extensively addressed hitherto. However, pictures taken on-the-ground can offer reliable and valuable information for improving sit...

OBJECTIVES When a soccer stadium stampede occurred in Zimbabwe on 9 July 2000, the hospital disaster (medical emergency) plan failed. This report describes the use of the audit technique to change the hospital's disaster preparedness. METHOD A literature review was done to establish international standards of best practice in major medical incident response. The hospital disaster plan (major ...

Population preparedness plays a crucial role in disaster management since it can help reduce the number of victims and restrict damage. Nevertheless, little work has been done at a European level towards preparing populations to learn how to cope with disasters and involving them in the disaster management process. In this paper we present the preliminary results of an on-line emergency prepare...

Disaster is an event that shapes our future. During a disaster, it affects lives, infrastructures, livestock and produce, we can only adapt to it. The aim of this study analyze disaster awareness level compliance programs selected individuals in highly urbanized city Central Luzon, Philippines. made use descriptive-correlational design. One hundred five (105) took part the survey using convenie...

OBJECTIVES With nuclear technology rapidly taking the spotlight in the last 50 years, radiation accidents seem to be a harsh reality of the modern world. The Mayapuri Radiation accident of 2010 was the worst radiation accident India has yet dealt with. Two years thereafter, we designed a study to assess the awareness and practices regarding radioactive waste among scrap dealers aiming to assess...

During a disaster scenario, situational awareness information, such as location, physical status and images of the surrounding area, is essential for minimizing loss of life, injury, and property damage. Today’s handhelds make it easy for people to gather data from within the disaster area in many formats, including text, images and video. Studies show that the extreme anxiety induced by disast...