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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Oct 2020
Guiding Documents for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health Care System of Nepal.
- Suraj Rijal, Sunil Adhikari, and Ashis Shrestha.
- Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal.
- JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2020 Oct 15; 58 (230): 831-833.
AbstractThe incidence of disaster events has increased over the years. Nepal is vulnerable to various kinds of natural disasters especially earthquakes and floods and infectious disease outbreaks like Dengue and Covid-19 pneumonia. So, it is important to review and know our existing disaster risk reduction and management plans, rules, and regulations of our country to improve disaster risk management for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better: in recovery rehabilitation and reconstruction.†Nepal has sufficient guiding documents to guide disaster management. Keywords: disaster;Nepal;preparedness.
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