Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Halima Abate Hallalo she is working presently at the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency and her education completed at Walden University which is located at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Short Communication
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Towards Other Threats
Author(s): Halima Abate Hallalo
Life is full of uncertainties. Humankind faces droves in natural and man-made disasters, urging the need for strong public health preparedness for effective intervention. In the realm of public health, disasters are considered ecological disruptions that result in deaths, injuries, illness, or damage that cannot be effectively managed by the application of routine procedures or resources. Besides, they could be emergencies (any occurrence that requires an immediate response); hazards (caused by a natural phenomenon); incidents (a natural or human-made event requesting a response to protect life or property); or natural disasters (a rapid, sudden-onset phenomenon with profound effects) [1]. Thus, actions should be exerted in multi-prong.. View more»