World: How should the health community respond to violent political conflict?
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldZwi AB (2004) How Should the Health Community Respond to Violent Political Conflict? PLoS Med 1(1): e14 Violent political conflict, and its impact, is...
View ArticleWorld: Tracking Official Development Assistance for Reproductive Health in...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldThis study provides evidence of inequity in disbursement of reproductive health ODA between conflict-affected countries and non-conflict-affected...
View ArticleIraq: Violent Deaths of Iraqi Civilians, 2003-2008: Analysis by Perpetrator,...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: IraqAbstract Background: Armed violence is a major public health and humanitarian problem in Iraq. In this descriptive statistical analysis we aimed to...
View ArticleWorld: Announcement and call for papers for PLoS Currents: Disasters
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldPLoS Currents: Disasters http://currents.plos.org/disasters/ is a new open-access publication from the Public Library of Science (PLoS,...
View ArticleHaiti: Improved Response to Disasters and Outbreaks by Tracking Population...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: Haiti, WorldBackground: Population movements following disasters can cause important increases in morbidity and mortality. Without knowledge of the locations...
View ArticleWorld: Psychological Distress, Depression, Anxiety, and Burnout among...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldBackgroundInternational humanitarian aid workers providing care in emergencies are subjected to numerous chronic and traumatic stressors.ObjectivesTo...
View ArticlePakistan: A Summary Case Report on the Health Impacts and Response to the...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: PakistanIn July 2010, Pakistan suffered nationwide floods after unprecedented monsoon rains overwhelmed the Indus basin. The ensuing floods claimed 1985 lives,...
View ArticleWorld: The Human Impact of Tropical Cyclones: a Historical Review of Events...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldBackground.Cyclones have significantly affected populations in Southeast Asia, the Western Pacific, and the Americas over the past quarter of a century....
View ArticleWorld: The Human Impact of Floods: a Historical Review of Events 1980-2009...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldBackground.Floods are the most common natural disaster and the leading cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. Risk of catastrophic losses due to...
View ArticleWorld: The Human Impact of Earthquakes: a Historical Review of Events...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldIntroduction.Population growth and increasing urbanization in earthquake-prone areas suggest that earthquake impacts on human populations will increase in...
View ArticleWorld: The Human Impact of Tsunamis: a Historical Review of Events 1900-2009...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldIntroduction.Although rare, tsunamis have the potential to cause considerable loss of life and injury as well as widespread damage to the natural and...
View ArticleWorld: The Human Impact of Volcanoes: a Historical Review of Events 1900-2009...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldIntroduction.More than 500 million people live within the potential exposure range of a volcano. The risk of catastrophic losses in future eruptions is...
View ArticleWorld: Earthquakes, Cyclones, Tsunamis, Floods and Volcanoes – assessing the...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldThis week PLOS Currents: Disasters publishes a set of five papers on the Human Impact of five different Natural Disasters: cyclones, floods, earthquakes,...
View ArticleJapan: The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster: a Compilation of Published...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: JapanAbstractObjectiveTo provide an overview of the health needs following the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and the lessons identified.MethodsThe...
View ArticleWorld: Which Anthropometric Indicators Identify a Pregnant Woman as Acutely...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldAUTHORSMija-tesse Ververs Annick Antierens Anita Sackl Nelly Staderini Valerie CaptierABSTRACTCurrently there is no consensus on how to identify pregnant...
View ArticleHaiti: The Dry Season in Haiti: a Window of Opportunity to Eliminate Cholera
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: HaitiBackground: Since the beginning of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, attack rates have varied drastically with alternating peak and lull phases, which were...
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Iran (Islamic Republic of): Impacts of Natural Hazards on Primary Health Care...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: Iran (Islamic Republic of)June 28, 2013 · Research articleAli Ardalan Hani Mowafi Homa Yousefi KhoshsabegheAbstractPublic health facilities in Iran are exposed...
View ArticleHaiti: A Prospective Study of the Outcome of Patients with Limb Trauma...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: HaitiBackgroundSevere limb trauma is common in earthquake survivors. Overall medium term outcomes and patient-perceived outcomes are poorly documented.Methods...
View ArticleWorld: The Global Hidden Hunger Indices and Maps: An Advocacy Tool for Action
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldThe unified global efforts to mitigate the high burden of vitamin and mineral deficiency, known as hidden hunger, in populations around the world are...
View ArticleWorld: Non-Communicable Diseases in Emergencies: A Call to Action
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldABSTRACTRecent years have demonstrated the devastating health consequences of complex emergencies and natural disasters and thereby highlighted the...
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