World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) is an international organization concerned with disaster medicine. Originally named the Club of Mainz, it was founded on October 2, 1976. It has hosted the World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine every two years since 1979. Additionally, it publishes the peer-reviewed journal ''Prehospital and Disaster Medicine''.

The UN describes WADEM as "an international association of the world’s disaster and emergency health experts", while Impact says that WADEM has a commitment "to advance the frontier of disaster and emergency research" by focusing on "the scientific investigation of...emergency response." Provided by Wikipedia