Source: UNISDR Disaster Risk Reduction
Mission
Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is an organisation of medical professionals in Australia solely focused on protecting health through care of the environment.
DEA is composed of GPs, surgeons, physicians, anaesthetists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, public health specialists, academics, medical students and researchers. DEA brings together an extraordinary level of leadership and expertise drawn from every branch of medicine.
All its members are volunteers who strongly support the objectives of DEA. Since forming in 2001, DEA has been guided by our vision ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’. DEA uses compelling scientific evidence to demonstrate the important health benefits of clean air and water, biodiverse natural places, stable climates and sustainable health care systems.