Relevant in times of turmoil: WHO and public health in unstable situations

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 184-191

  Loretti, Alessandro ^a   Leus, Xavier ^a   Van Holsteijn, Bart ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accountability; armed conflicts; assessments; challenges; chaos; commitment; complex emergencies; Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action; disasters; donors; economics; emergencies; hazards; health; instability; instability spectrum; needs; Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); planning; politics; resources; responsibilities; roles; systems; United Nations (UN); Utopia; vulnerability; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALTRUISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035480893     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043296     Document Type: Article

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