title: [Natural disasters and health: an analysis of the situation in Brazil].
abstract: Natural disasters are still insufficiently studied and understood within the scope of public health in this country, with impacts in the short and long term. The scope of this article is to analyze the relationship between disasters and their impact on health based on disaster data recorded in the country. The methodology involved the systematization of data and information contained in the Brazilian Atlas of Natural Disasters 1991-2010 and directly from the National Department of Civil Defense (NSCD). Disasters were organized into four categories of events (meteorological; hydrological; climatological; geophysical/geological) and for each of the latter, the data for morbidity, mortality and exposure of those affected were examined, revealing different types of impacts. Three categories of disasters stood out: the hydrological events showed higher percentages of mortality, morbidity and exposure; climatological events had higher percentages of incidents and people affected; the geophysical/geological events had a higher average of exposure and deaths per event. Lastly, a more active participation of the health sector in the post-2015 global political agenda is proposed, particularly events related to sustainable development, climate change and disaster risk reduction.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Emergências e Desastres em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlosmf@ensp.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Carlos Machado de
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Observatório Nacional Clima e Saúde, Instituto de Informação e Comunicação em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
authors.forename: Diego Ricardo Xavier
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde.
authors.forename: Aderita Ricarda Martins de
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sena
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde.
authors.forename: Eliane Lima
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde.
authors.forename: Luiz Belino Ferreira
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Emergências e Desastres em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, carlosmf@ensp.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Mauren Lopes de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
authors.forename: Maíra Lopes
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mazoto
authors.affiliation: Observatório Nacional Clima e Saúde, Instituto de Informação e Comunicação em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
authors.forename: Christovam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhães, Fiocruz.
authors.forename: André Monteiro
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Organização Mundial da Saúde, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mara Lúcia Carneiro
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Organização Mundial da Saúde, Brasil.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corvalán
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002980:Climate; D004190:Disasters; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans