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The Challenge of African Disasters

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication 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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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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