Public health and primary health care, re-developing and preparation of the training for coming mega-disaster in Japan after Great East Japan Earth Quake (GEJEQ) 2011

This paper discusses the important of the human rights-based approach regarding public health for the reduction of disaster risk in Japan. The authors also underline the fact that transboundary cooperation is necessary to prepare for mega-disasters.

This document is an input paper of the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.