Droughts: Health Information Guide
Overview
- Drought and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - When Every Drop Counts: Protecting Public Health During Drought Conditions - A Guide for Public Health Professionals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - North American Drought Monitor
National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce - U.S. Drought Portal
National Integrated Drought Information System - U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook
National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
General Health-Related Information
Disaster Lit
Worker and Responder Safety
Disaster Lit
Preparedness and Response
Disaster Lit
Droughts and Disease
Disaster Lit
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Disaster Lit
Climate Change and Droughts
Disaster Lit
Impact on Food and Nutrition
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Multilingual Resources
- Desastres de comienzo lento. Sequía, inseguridad alimentaria e inseguridad en los medios de sustento (Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity. Learning from previous relief and recovery responses)
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action / ProVention Consortium - MedlinePlus en español, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.