Principles and practice of disaster relief: Lessons from Haiti

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-318

  Benjamin, Ernest ^a   Bassily Marcus, Adel M ^a   Babu, Elizabeth ^a   Silver, Lester ^a   Martin, Michael L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster life cycle; disaster preparedness; disaster relief; disaster response; earthquake; emergency management

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALNUTRITION; MASS DISASTER; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIEF WORK; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HAITI; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79956359755     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20251     Document Type: Article

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