Reducing Health Impacts of Storms and Flooding through Anticipatory Action

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The human health impact of storms and flooding occur during and after these weather events and include risks of injury or death as well as waterborne disease.

The most common health measures in anticipatory action (AA) plans for storms and flooding are prevention of waterborne or vector-borne disease.

This publication excerpt provides evidence around health outcomes of (AA) for storms and floods along with examples of AA currently happening in Bangladesh and Uganda using the 4Ms (Model, Mandate, Method, Means) framework.

This is one of five case studies from the report, Landscape of Anticipatory Action for Health in a Changing Climate. Other topic areas covered are:
 

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