A ‘Tsunami’ of Chronic Disease Challenges Confronts Health Sector Response to Humanitarian Crises

Health Policy Watch
Feb 28, 2024

A ‘Tsunami’ of Chronic Disease Challenges Confronts Health Sector Response to Humanitarian Crises


COPENHAGEN –  While conflict and natural disasters are usually played out in the media against dramatic scenes of mass casualty response and rescue teams, there’s an iceberg of chronic health conditions that can be even more life threatening and these need far greater attention in emergency response. 

That is the theme of a global high level meeting here this week – which aims to raise the profile of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in humanitarian settings.

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