NYU GPH Journal of Public Health Disasters
A student-led journal driven by the latest research in public health disaster preparedness and management.
Devastating floods ravaged Pakistan, affecting 33 million people across the country. Many crops and villages remain underwater due to the floods known as Pakistan’s greatest climate disaster. Millions of children have been suffering from malnutrition, acute respiratory infections, and painful skin conditions.
Continue reading “Public Health Concerns Raised by Floods in Pakistan”
On February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria. The series of aftershocks were reported to be the deadliest in Turkey in nearly twenty years. The disaster’s death toll continues to rise, reaching approximately 33,000 people across both countries on February 12, 2023.
Continue reading “Death Toll Continues to Rise From Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake in Turkey, Syria, and Other Regions”
The Bhopal Gas Disaster is considered one of the world’s worst industrial incidents. In December of 1984, a defective tank from the U.S.-owned Union Carbide Company began leaking 42 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas into its surrounding environment. Hundreds of thousands of individuals were exposed to high concentrations of MIC gas due to the chemical plant’s storage tanks’ poorly-designed safety systems.
Continue reading “Shelagh Herzog Presents Bhopal Gas Disaster: An Enduring Tragedy”
A clear definition of public health disasters is crucial for finding efficient and effective solutions to them. Esmeralda Huerta’s brief provides a comprehensive definition for the terms “disaster” and “public health impact” in the context of public health emergency management.
Continue reading “Esmeralda Huerta’s Brief on Key Public Health Definitions”
In 1984, a salmonella outbreak was brought to the attention of Wasco-Sherman Public Health Department in Oregon. Out of the 751 affected individuals, 45 were hospitalized.
Continue reading “Rimple Patel’s Report on the 1984 Salad Bar Salmonella Outbreak “
On June 12, 2016, a gunman entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53. This incident was one of the deadliest shootings committed by a single person in the United States.
Continue reading “James Toussaint’s Case Study on Pulse Nightclub Shooting”
The Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013 resulted in four deaths and more than 250 injuries. Brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the race and fled the scene immediately after.
Continue reading “Erin Waire’s Case Study on Boston Marathon Bombing”
Kenny Isufi conducts a Threat and Hazards Assessment to demonstrate the impacts of torrential monsoon flooding on internally displaced persons and refugees in the Balochistan Region of Pakistan.
Continue reading “Kenny Isufi’s THIRA on the Impacts of Monsoon Flooding in Pakistan”
On May 8, 2018, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease after a cluster of undiagnosed illnesses was reported five days prior.
Continue reading “Melissa Adomako’s Case Study on the 2018 Ebola Virus Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Candida Auris is a very dangerous, drug-resistant, hospital-acquired fungal infection that has been detected in 600 cases in the United States. Yu uses the experience of Stephanie Spoor in 2019 to describe the clinical history and public health outcomes.
Continue reading “Heather Yu’s Case Study on the Superbug Candida Auris”