NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters
A student-led journal driven by the latest research in public health disaster preparedness and management.
Pakistan’s pollution has reached catastrophic levels as the smog is now visible from space. Within Lahore, a city in northern Pakistan, a thick fog covers most of the town, and visibility is so low that motorways have to be shut down. While the whole country is impacted, Pakistan’s poorer populations are facing the brunt of this ecological disaster as there are little to no means of protection for them.
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Tuberculosis re-emerges as the leading infectious disease killer globally, with reports of approximately 8.2 million people diagnosed in 2024. The significant underfunding of vaccinations and prevention information raises disease prevalence in vulnerable regions. Low and middle-income countries bear the majority of the TB burden; up to 56% of the global TB burden comes from 5 countries: India (26%), Indonesia (10%), China (6.8%), the Philippines (6.8%), and Pakistan (6.3%). While the World Health Organization (WHO) is leading efforts to advance TB vaccines, its research remains underfunded, with only a fifth of the $5 billion goal reached in 2022.
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Within African countries, Kenya disproportionately suffers from the effects of climate change, with the poor populations facing the most severe consequences. The impacts of climate change have created a strong need for disaster preparation in the country—from multiple deluges in April that swept villages away, leaving 1,000 families to seek shelter in evacuation camps, to floods that killed 294 people and resulted in the destruction of 650,377 acres of farmland. Unfortunately, low levels of planning and cooperation by the Kenyan government are preventing its citizens from moving out of their homes and continue to delay the necessary reconstruction of communities.
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