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It is not possible to provide a blueprint for setting up a public health promotion programme in emergencies as situations will vary greatly. Work may be undertaken in a camp situation, or an urban...
The contamination of groundwater by arsenic in Bangladesh is the largest poisoning of a population in history, with millions of people exposed. This paper describes the history of the discovery of...
This publication echoes the 1981 Emergency Health Management after Natural Disaster (Scientific Publication No. 407), but it is a whole new book, with a fresh organization and much new content. It...
This document can also be found on the official website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency website: https://www.fema.gov/.
The Federal Emergency...
The Global Shelter Cluster’s “...
he Center for Humanitarian Emergencies is a partnership between CDC's Emergency Response and Recovery Branch and the Rollins School of Public Health that drives global collaboration, research and...
Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors of this book use their experience in...
Based on the Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC, 2007), this document, produced by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), Global Protection...
Older adults are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. The literature on the health needs of older adults after natural disasters is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the...