Disasters; The Opportunity of Reconstruction and Development: The Successful Experience of the 2017 Kermanshah Earthquake

نویسندگان

1 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Nursing, Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

doi
10.5812/ircmj.90216
چکیده

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter struckEzgeleh in Kermanshah province on November 12, 2017,at 21:48 local time. In this devastating event, around4,700,000 individuals were involved, 650 cases of deathand around 8000 injuries were reported, as well as 70.000individuals were made homeless.