Disaster Risk Reduction: High Time We Address the Education and Practice Gap
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Education and disaster risk reduction.
It has been stated over and over again: preparedness is crucial to reduce the impact of events and hazards that have the potential of resulting in disaster. An exchange of experiences with preparedness has been a prominent component of almost every World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Also, the Education Committee of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health and Caring Sciences
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2718-918X,2672-3832
DOI: 10.37719/jhcs.2020.v2i2.lte001