title: Preparing for disaster.
abstract: Natural disasters and armed conflicts affect the health of hundreds of millions of people around the world, not only directly through violence and trauma, but also through damage to social and economic infrastructures. Disaster preparedness, however, can help ensure that health systems and communities are better prepared to cope with emergencies.
authors.affiliation: French Society of Cardiology.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rohrbacher
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans