Vetnews | Mei 2026 14 « BACK TO CONTENTS Figure 10: The Veterinary Action integrated system for disaster management and risk reduction, implemented on 9 April 2009, following the earthquake in L’Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy) 3 days earlier, by the director of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” as co-ordinator of veterinary activities: https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.2025.2566100 Leading Article Veterinary Responsibilities Post-disaster veterinary functions include: • Ongoing clinical care • Disease surveillance • Re-establishment of services Feedback into System Design All recovery processes must feed into: • Plan revision • Policy adjustment • Capacity enhancement Systems that do not learn will fail repeatedly. Structural Constraints Persistent barriers include: • Resource limitations • Inadequate training • Institutional fragmentation • Low public preparedness These are not incidental; they are systemic and require structural solutions.
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