Establishing an early warning alert and response network following the solomon islands tsunami in 2013;Établissement d'un réseau d'alerte et d'intervention rapides après le tsunami des Îles Salomon de 2013;Establecer una red de alerta y respuesta temprana tras el tsunami de las islas salomón de 2013

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 844-848

  Bilve, Augustine ^a   Nogareda, Francisco ^b   Joshua, Cynthia ^c   Ross, Lester ^c   Betcha, Christopher ^c   Durski, Kara ^b   Fleischl, Juliet ^b   Nilles, Eric ^b  

^a Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TSUNAMI; HUMAN; MELANESIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MELANESIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908393478     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.133512     Document Type: Article

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