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Sohrabizadeh S, Bahramzadeh A. A Comparative Review of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Measures in Health Systems in EMRO Countries: The Cases of Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly 2025; 11 (1)
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1- Air Quality and Climate Change Research Center, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Environment, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , sohrabizadeh@sbmu.ac.ir
2- Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Behehshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Behehshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background: Iran and its neighboring countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq are located in the EMRO suffering from the different consequences of disasters. The present review is aimed to identify and compare the disaster risk reduction and prevention strategies, plans and policies conducted in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in terms of health systems functions due to the importance of disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures in preventing the future disasters.
Materials and Methods: The current study was a comparative scoping review which were performed and reported using PRISMA protocol 2020. PubMed database was applied for searching the literature using the keywords of disaster risk reduction, plan, strategy, policy, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Studies selection was performed by the researchers considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria
Results: A total of 13 references was selected for the final analysis. All-hazard approach was the most common approach in DRR studies in all three settings. Out of all included papers, one article reported the necessity of resilience and mitigation for disaster health management in Iraq. A number of 2 papers addressed the mitigation and DRR measures in the forms of planning and policies in Afghanistan and 10 articles were reported the prevention and mitigation issues in Iran.
Conclusion: DRR measures need to be inserted into all phases of disaster management plans developed for health systems in EMRO countries facing natural and technological hazards and high levels of vulnerabilities. Establishing a network or platform, Joint research projects, the long-term and short-term educational programs, and community-based DRR management are highly suggested.
Materials and Methods: The current study was a comparative scoping review which were performed and reported using PRISMA protocol 2020. PubMed database was applied for searching the literature using the keywords of disaster risk reduction, plan, strategy, policy, Iran, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Studies selection was performed by the researchers considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria
Results: A total of 13 references was selected for the final analysis. All-hazard approach was the most common approach in DRR studies in all three settings. Out of all included papers, one article reported the necessity of resilience and mitigation for disaster health management in Iraq. A number of 2 papers addressed the mitigation and DRR measures in the forms of planning and policies in Afghanistan and 10 articles were reported the prevention and mitigation issues in Iran.
Conclusion: DRR measures need to be inserted into all phases of disaster management plans developed for health systems in EMRO countries facing natural and technological hazards and high levels of vulnerabilities. Establishing a network or platform, Joint research projects, the long-term and short-term educational programs, and community-based DRR management are highly suggested.
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Received: 2024/09/18 | Accepted: 2025/03/3 | Published: 2025/09/8
Received: 2024/09/18 | Accepted: 2025/03/3 | Published: 2025/09/8
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