Towards resilient health systems for increasing climate extremes: insights from the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season
The public health emergency associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in Australia was a wake-up call to increase the resilience of our health systems to respond to climate extremes. We must combine our understanding of predictions of extreme weather events with our knowledge on emergency preparedness a...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of wildland fire 2021-01, Vol.30 (1), p.1 |
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| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The public health emergency associated with the 2019–20 bushfires in Australia was a wake-up call to increase the resilience of our health systems to respond to climate extremes. We must combine our understanding of predictions of extreme weather events with our knowledge on emergency preparedness and response to protect the health of citizens. |
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| ISSN: | 1049-8001 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/WF20083 |