A cross-sectional study was carried out in camps of temporary housing facilities after the earthquake occurred in the city of Armenia, January 25, 1999, in order to study the morbidity and identify possible differences between camps which were established, either spontaneously or induced, as an emergency post-disaster measure. 75 temporary camps were studied, 36 of them were induced and 39 were spontaneous. Data collection on morbidity was carried out by a survey besides obtaining information from community health care workers assigned to the camps. The most prevalent disease found was acute diarrheal disease, 32.4%, followed by acute respiratory infections, 24.1%. In spontaneous camps, compared with indiced camps, the risk of lice infectio...
On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two major earthquakes that caused extremely heavy s...
Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to set off a ch...
Objectives Natural disasters, which are defined as events causing great damage or loss of life, are ...
Abstract Background An earthquake in the coffee growing region of Colombia on January 25, 1999 destr...
Objective: With the humanitarian work of the International Red Cross after the earthquake in Bam, Ir...
Earthquakes are one of the most common types of natural disasters. They remain unpredictable and oft...
A descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out to characterize the morbidity associated with t...
BACKGROUND: The human impact of the tsunami that occurred on 26 December 2004 was enormous, with Ind...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the pattern of diseases in a natural disaster, which are not necessarily a dire...
Background and Objectives : Earthquake of East Azerbaijan with magnitude of 6.3 to 6.4 on the Richte...
The human impact of the tsunami on December 26 2004 was enormous: more than 175.000 people killed, a...
A record of morbidity and medical request profiles in international humanitarian aid, taking the ear...
OBJECTIVES: No published study, to date, has examined the characteristics and health outcomes of nat...
Objectives: This study aimed to provide an overview of morbidity and mortality among patients admitt...
This study describes the sanitary intervention provided by the four professional health parties of t...
On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two major earthquakes that caused extremely heavy s...
Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to set off a ch...
Objectives Natural disasters, which are defined as events causing great damage or loss of life, are ...
Abstract Background An earthquake in the coffee growing region of Colombia on January 25, 1999 destr...
Objective: With the humanitarian work of the International Red Cross after the earthquake in Bam, Ir...
Earthquakes are one of the most common types of natural disasters. They remain unpredictable and oft...
A descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out to characterize the morbidity associated with t...
BACKGROUND: The human impact of the tsunami that occurred on 26 December 2004 was enormous, with Ind...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the pattern of diseases in a natural disaster, which are not necessarily a dire...
Background and Objectives : Earthquake of East Azerbaijan with magnitude of 6.3 to 6.4 on the Richte...
The human impact of the tsunami on December 26 2004 was enormous: more than 175.000 people killed, a...
A record of morbidity and medical request profiles in international humanitarian aid, taking the ear...
OBJECTIVES: No published study, to date, has examined the characteristics and health outcomes of nat...
Objectives: This study aimed to provide an overview of morbidity and mortality among patients admitt...
This study describes the sanitary intervention provided by the four professional health parties of t...
On 6 February 2023, Turkey and Syria were hit by two major earthquakes that caused extremely heavy s...
Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to set off a ch...
Objectives Natural disasters, which are defined as events causing great damage or loss of life, are ...