The Health Sector in disaster and emergency management

Disasters kill. 80,000 people only in 1999, to which Turkey contributed at least 18,000. And these figures refer only to immediate casualties: they don't speak of the victims of secondary effects. Taking a wider view, in 1999, disasters affected 213 Million people worldwide, with total economic losses estimated around 72 Billion US$ (IFRC, 2000). ................
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