Medical relief operation in rural northern Ethiopia: Addressing an ongoing disaster

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 772-777

  Kasis, Imad ^a   Lak, Lea ^a   Adler, Jakov ^a   Choni, Rinat ^a   Shazberg, Gila ^a   Fekede, Tewade Doron ^a   Shoshani, Ehud ^a   Miller, Douglas ^a   Heyman, Samuel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disaster; Health systems; Human immunodeficiency virus; Malaria; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DROUGHT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PERSONNEL;

MEDICAL SYSTEM;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; DISASTER; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITOSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NATURAL DISASTERS; RELIEF WORK; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0035691863     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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