Contextualize of Disaster Nursing Competencies within Resilient Health Care System in Saudi Arabia

Authors: Banajah S*

DOI: 10.23880/nhij-16000166

Volume 2, Issue 6

Abstract

Globally, around 6,457 weather-related disasters such as earthquakes, floods, cyclones and landslides claimed 606,000 lives and affected more than 4 billion people between 1995 and 2015, according to an international disaster data base. According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, since 2015, when 346 weather-related disasters were reported, these figures have been increasing, with approximately 205 million people now affected each year [1].

Keywords: Nursing; Healthcare; Epidemiology

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