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Special Report: WADEM Climate Change Position Statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2018

Joseph Cuthbertson ,
Frank Archer  and
Andy Robertson
Joseph Cuthbertson*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Frank Archer
Affiliation:
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Andy Robertson
Affiliation:
Western Australia Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia
*
Correspondence: Joseph Cuthbertson Monash University Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3800 Australia E-mail: Joseph.Cuthbertson@monash.edu
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Abstract

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM; Madison, Wisconsin USA) is a multi-disciplinary professional association whose mission is the global improvement of prehospital and emergency health care, public health, and disaster health and preparedness. In April 2017, the biennial general meeting of the World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM) endorsed the WADEM Climate Change Position Statement, which was subsequently published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine in July 2017. This special report examines literature used and reviews the process of development of this Position Statement as a product of WADEM.

Cuthbertson J, Archer F, Robertson A. Special report: WADEM climate change position statement. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(4):428–431

Keywords

climate changedisaster risk reductionhealth
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Special Report
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2018 , pp. 428 - 431
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© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Conflicts of interest: none

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