Question

Using your country context, what is the long-term health consequences of flood disasters?

Answer 1

Answer:

The immediate health impacts of floods include drowning, injuries, hypothermia, and animal bites. Health risks also are associated with the evacuation of patients, loss of health workers, and loss of health infrastructure including essential drugs and supplies.

Answer 2

The immediate health impacts of floods include drowning, injuries, hypothermia, and animal bites. ... In the medium-term, infected wounds, complications of injury, poisoning, poor mental health, communicable diseases, and starvation are indirect effects of flooding.