AUTHOR=Speybroeck Niko , Noy Ilan , Kettner Albert , Below Regina , Messori Gabriele , Thiery Wim , Wathelet Valentin , Jézéquel Aglaé , Delforge Damien , Van Niekerk Dewald TITLE=The emergency events database, EM-DAT, must be preserved as a global public good JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health VOLUME=Volume 71 - 2026 YEAR=2026 URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2026.1609990 DOI=10.3389/ijph.2026.1609990 ISSN=1661-8564