National Assessment of Multi-Hazard Risk to Health Facilities and Critical Infrastructure Under Climate Change

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UN-Habitat carried out a National Assessment of Multi-Hazard Risk to Health Facilities and Critical Infrastructure under Climate Change. This report presents a comprehensive multi-hazard risk assessment of health facilities in Lao PDR, emphasizing climate-related risks such as floods, droughts, storms, landslides, and wildfires. The study adopts a data-driven methodology, leveraging geospatial data of 1,233 health facilities to assess the periodicity, frequency, and severity of these hazards on health infrastructure.