Puerto Rico Health System Resilience After Hurricane Maria: Implications for Disaster Preparedness in the COVID-19 Era

Puerto Rico Health System Resilience After Hurricane Maria: Implications for Disaster Preparedness in the COVID-19 Era

Background: Every year, Puerto Rico faces a hurricane season fraught with potentially catastrophic structural, emotional and health consequences. In 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria, the largest natural disaster to ever affect the island. Several studies have estimated the excess morbidi...

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Main Authors: Christopher C. Rios, Emilia J. Ling, Ralph Rivera-Gutierrez, Juan Gonzalez Sanchez, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Janine Bruce, Michele Barry, Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
Subjects:
health system resilience
disaster preparedness
resilience framework
COVID-19
Puerto Rico
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.593939/full

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