(Re-) conceptualising vulnerability as a part of risk in global health emergency response: updating the pressure and release model for global health emergencies

Abstract Vulnerability has become a key concept in emergency response research and is being critically discussed across several disciplines. While the concept has been adopted into global health, its conceptualisation and especially its role in the conceptualisation of risk and therefore in risk ass...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Julii Brainard, Alexandria Innes, Paul R. Hunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-019-0084-3