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The Challenge of African Disasters

By:

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Contributor(s):

WHO Panafrican Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Addis Ababa, Ethopia : New York, N.Y. : World Health Organization, Panafrican Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, 1991Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.48 56 UNI

LOC classification:

HV555.A35 .U55 1991

Contents:

Disasters and the challenge for the 1990s / Olavi Elo -- Health aspects of disasters / Stefano Lazzari -- Communicable diseases as emergencies / Karin Esteves -- Floods and tropical storms / Dennis Parker and Paul Thompson -- Refugees and displaced people / Nicholas van Hear and Barbara Harrell-Bond -- Famine: causes and health consequences / Maniza Sultana Zaman -- Socio-political factors in the provision of disaster relief assistance in Africa / John Borton and Nigel Nicholds -- Training and education for disaster preparedness / Mustafa O. Erdik and Claude de Ville de Goyet -- Concluding remarks / Sandro Calvani.

Summary: The Challenge of African Disasters. Contents include: Disasters and the challenge for the 1990s, Health aspects of disasters, Communicable diseases as emergencies, Floods and tropical storms, Refugees and displaced people, Famine - Causes and health consequences, Socio-political factors in the provision of disaster relief assistance in Africa, Training and education for disaster preparedness.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	National Defence College (NDC) Library	HV555.A35 .U55 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1417/98

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Disasters and the challenge for the 1990s / Olavi Elo --
Health aspects of disasters / Stefano Lazzari --
Communicable diseases as emergencies / Karin Esteves --
Floods and tropical storms / Dennis Parker and Paul Thompson --
Refugees and displaced people / Nicholas van Hear and Barbara Harrell-Bond --
Famine: causes and health consequences / Maniza Sultana Zaman --
Socio-political factors in the provision of disaster relief assistance in Africa / John Borton and Nigel Nicholds --
Training and education for disaster preparedness / Mustafa O. Erdik and Claude de Ville de Goyet --
Concluding remarks / Sandro Calvani.

The Challenge of African Disasters. Contents include: Disasters and the challenge for the 1990s, Health aspects of disasters, Communicable diseases as emergencies, Floods and tropical storms, Refugees and displaced people, Famine - Causes and health consequences, Socio-political factors in the provision of disaster relief assistance in Africa, Training and education for disaster preparedness.

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