TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Crises and Potential Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
T2 - Challenges Facing Global Health or Global Public Health by a Different Name
AU - Burkle, Frederick M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Since 1945, the reasons for major crises and how the world responds to them have changed every 10-15 years or sooner. Whereas these crises vary greatly across global regions, their economic, environmental, ecological, social, and disease aspects are increasingly under the influence of widely integrated global changes and forces arising primarily from: climate extremes; rapid unsustainable urbanization; critical biodiversity losses; and emergencies of scarcity in water, food, and energy. These slow-moving but increasingly severe crises affect larger populations across many borders and lead to the emergence of increasing population-based, preventable public health emergencies related to water, sanitation, food, shelter, energy, and related health illnesses, and ultimately global health security. This report explores the impact of these crises on Asia and the Pacific region, and their potential for regional conflict.
AB - Since 1945, the reasons for major crises and how the world responds to them have changed every 10-15 years or sooner. Whereas these crises vary greatly across global regions, their economic, environmental, ecological, social, and disease aspects are increasingly under the influence of widely integrated global changes and forces arising primarily from: climate extremes; rapid unsustainable urbanization; critical biodiversity losses; and emergencies of scarcity in water, food, and energy. These slow-moving but increasingly severe crises affect larger populations across many borders and lead to the emergence of increasing population-based, preventable public health emergencies related to water, sanitation, food, shelter, energy, and related health illnesses, and ultimately global health security. This report explores the impact of these crises on Asia and the Pacific region, and their potential for regional conflict.
KW - Asia Pacific
KW - crises and conflict
KW - global public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074354362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85074354362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X19004953
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X19004953
M3 - Article
C2 - 31608844
AN - SCOPUS:85074354362
SN - 1049-023X
VL - 34
SP - 653
EP - 667
JO - Prehospital and disaster medicine
JF - Prehospital and disaster medicine
IS - 6
ER -