| Item | Health EDRM | Sendai Framework |
| Year of creation | 2018 | 2015 |
| Origin | Heath Disaster Management Summit (Geneva). | Third United Nations Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (Japan). |
| Owner | World Health Organization, Member States, International experts, and Organizations. | United Nations, Member States. |
| Specificity | Health-related risk management and reduction. (Derived from global health principles, best practices, and institutional health risk management strategies). | Covers all sectors, including health (Derived from Hyogo framework monitoring and implementation, global principles and regulations in disaster risk reduction). |
| Scope | Considering health-related conditions in disaster risk reduction and emergency response. | Considering disaster risk reduction in a broader range, including environmental, technological, health, and biological hazards and risks. |
| Focus | Disaster risk reduction is related to public health management and protection amid disasters and emergencies such as public health crises, disease outbreaks, and natural diseases. | Disaster risk reduction, which englobes on alleviating loss of life (mortality), economic crisis, and any impact of the disasters on the community. |
| Main targeted users | National government, public health authorities, healthcare system. | Federal government, local authorities, civil society organizations. |
| Disaster risk reduction phases | Risk mitigation, risk preparedness, risk response, risk recovery. | Risk mitigation, risk preparedness, risk response, risk recovery. |