Natural calamities have a disastrous effect on natural environment and human health. The present study highlights the adverse health consequences of disaster affected communities living within the risky regions. The present study was descriptive in nature. Data has been collected from ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and the population consisted of households that have been affected by natural disasters between 2010 and 2017. This study was conducted from February 2019 to December 2019. An estimated 113, 266 populations were affected by natural disasters in the said period. Keeping in view this estimation, a sample size of 384 households was calculated. Results of the study clearly show that natural disasters have profound impact on the human health. After the occurrence of disaster, an overwhelming proportion of population 75% of under five years’ children and affected and suffered from diarrheal diseases. Furthermore, post-disaster depression level found high among in disaster victims. This is also found that natural calamities are responsible to destroy healthcare facilities, disrupt routine health services, and increase number of deaths, physical and mental disabilities which also decrease quality of life.

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Index Terms- Natural disasters, Health impacts, Health status, Disaster’s victims, Post-disaster depression, Gilgit-Baltistan