Cvetković, V., Ivanov, A., Vujanović, S. (2023). Reducing the Risk of Disasters Caused by Epidemics. International Academic Institute, academic conference, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy, 20. June 2023. International Academic Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1. 2024, 5(1), 4-10. Reducing the Risk of Disasters Caused by Epidemics Dr Sc. Vladimir M. Cvetković11, Dr Sc. Aleksandar Ivanov2, Slavica Vujanović 1 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodara Vučića 50, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia, Associate professor 2* Faculty of Security – Skopje, University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola, North Macedonia; Associate professor 3 Scientific-Professional Society for Disaster Risk Management, Dimitrija Tucovića 121, 11056 Belgrade, Serbia *Corresponding Author: e-mail: aleksandar.ivanov@uklo.edu.mk   Abstract Epidemics are the most common natural phenomena that have occurred throughout the entire history of human society. Depending on the type of disease and the development of the collective immunity that society had acquired by then, the consequences of epidemics were usually very severe. Precisely because of this, the aim of the paper is a scientific description of the way in which the prescribed preventive measures should be applied from the epidemiological, security, economic, legal, and other aspects, so that the society, through the mechanisms of the state, can defend and rehabilitate the consequences of an epidemic of an infectious disease. Eliminating the epidemic’s impacts is a very difficult issue. There is an infectious illness epidemic that is spreading uncontrolled throughout society on the one hand. To introduce a quarantine that restricts the epidemic’s progress and, if the quarantine lasts long enough, to end the epidemic, contact between members of the social group must be broken. On the other side, the cessation of communication between members of a social group also signifies the cessation of all facets of life in that society, including economic ties, education, growth of culture, scientific research, etc.                Keywords:      disasters,      emergencies,      […]