Towards resilient health systems for increasing climate extremes: Insights from the 2019-20 Australian bushfire season

Aparna Lal; Mahomed Patel; Arnagretta Hunter; Christine Phillips

doi:10.1071/WF20083

Towards resilient health systems for increasing climate extremes: Insights from the 2019-20 Australian bushfire season

Aparna Lal^*, Mahomed Patel, Arnagretta Hunter, Christine Phillips

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The public health emergency associated with the 2019-20 bushfires in Australia was a wake-up call to increase the resilience of our health systems to respond to climate extremes. We must combine our understanding of predictions of extreme weather events with our knowledge on emergency preparedness and response to protect the health of citizens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Wildland Fire
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/WF20083
Publication status	Published - 4 Nov 2020

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