AbstractGlobal health security comprises all efforts taken to prepare, respond, and recover from public health events that adversely impact the safety of the entire global population. Threats to global health security have traditionally been epidemic in nature; however natural disasters, social upheaval, war, and other destabilizers of human societies can…
Abstract Human trafficking affects millions of individuals across the globe, and there is sufficient expert consensus to call it a humanitarian crisis in its own right. Disasters often exacerbate the vulnerabilities that make individuals prone to engaging in human trafficking or falling into slavery. Because of this, humanitarians should know…
This article is part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 presented the importance of putting attention on children as a vulnerable population. Part 2 dives into types of disasters, with specific examples (e.g., COVID-19, Hurricane Maria) and their influence on children. Abstract The homeland security agenda of a nation…
This article is part 1 of a two-part series. Part 1 presents the importance of placing special attention on children in the context of disaster events and describes some of their unique vulnerabilities. Part 2 dives into types of disasters, with specific examples (e.g., COVID-19, Hurricane Maria) and their influence…
