| Abbreviation | Definition |
| CRED | Centre of Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster |
| DRR | Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Health EDRM | Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management |
| IDNDR | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| PHEIC | Public Health Emergency of International Concern |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| MERS | Minimum Economic Recovery Standards MERS |
| NGOs | Non-profit organizations |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNISDR | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| WHO | World Health Organization |