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Post-disaster reconstruction : meeting stakeholder interests : proceedings of a conference held at the Scuola di sanità militare, Florence, Italy, 17-19 May 2006
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ISBN: 8884536111 Year: 2007 Volume: 31 Publisher: Firenze : Firenze University Press,

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Haiti after the earthquake
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ISBN: 9781586489731 1586489739 9781586489748 1586489747 1283139332 9786613139337 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs,

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On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake laid waste to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Within three days, Dr. Paul Farmer arrived in the Haitian capital, along with a team of volunteers, to lend his services to the injured. In this vivid narrative, Farmer describes the incredible suffering--and resilience--that he encountered in Haiti. Having worked in the country for nearly thirty years, he skillfully explores the social issues that made Haiti so vulnerable to the earthquake--the very issues that make it an ""unnatural disaster."" Complementing his account are

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Emergency medical services --- Earthquakes --- Relief Work --- Public Health Practice --- Socioeconomic Factors --- #SBIB:39A9 --- #SBIB:39A74 --- #SBIB:327.7H44 --- #SBIB:327.4H74 --- Health Practice, Public --- Health Practices, Public --- Practice, Public Health --- Practices, Public Health --- Public Health Practices --- Emergency health services --- Emergency medical care --- Emergency medicine --- Medical care --- Rescue work --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Inequalities --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequality --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Economics --- Humanitarian Assistance --- Assistance, Humanitarian --- Assistances, Humanitarian --- Humanitarian Assistances --- Relief Works --- Work, Relief --- Works, Relief --- Disasters --- Social Work --- Rescue Work --- Earthquake --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- Etnografie: Amerika --- Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: gezondheid --- Ontwikkelingshulp en -samenwerking --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Economic and Social Factors --- Social and Economic Factors --- Socioeconomic Characteristics --- Characteristic, Socioeconomic --- Socioeconomic Characteristic --- Emergency medical services - Haiti --- Earthquakes - Haiti --- Earthquakes - Haiti - Autobiography --- Relief Work - Haiti - Autobiography --- Public Health Practice - Haiti - Autobiography --- Socioeconomic Factors - Haiti - Autobiography --- Haiti --- Politics and government


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Journal of disaster research
ISSN: 18838030 Year: 2006 Publisher: [Tokyo, Japan] Fuji Technology Press

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Disasters --- Emergency management --- Disaster relief --- Crisis management --- Civil defense --- Civil defense. --- Crisis management. --- Disaster relief. --- Disasters. --- Emergency management. --- Emergencies --- Disaster Planning --- Civil Defense --- Relief Work --- Emergencies. --- Disaster Planning. --- Civil Defense. --- Relief Work. --- Consequence management (Emergency management) --- Disaster planning --- Disaster preparedness --- Disaster prevention --- Emergency planning --- Emergency preparedness --- Management --- Public safety --- First responders --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Disaster assistance --- Emergency assistance in disasters --- Emergency relief --- Human services --- Crises --- Management of crises --- Problem solving --- Conflict management --- Air defenses, Civil --- Civilian defense --- Defense, Civil --- Protection of civilians --- Defensive (Military science) --- Humanitarian Assistance --- Assistance, Humanitarian --- Assistances, Humanitarian --- Humanitarian Assistances --- Relief Works --- Work, Relief --- Works, Relief --- Social Work --- Rescue Work --- Emergency Preparedness --- Civil Defenses --- Defenses, Civil --- Preparedness, Emergency --- United States Department of Homeland Security --- Disaster Relief Planning --- Disaster Relief Plannings --- Planning, Disaster --- Planning, Disaster Relief --- Plannings, Disaster Relief --- Relief Planning, Disaster --- Relief Plannings, Disaster --- Emergency --- Emergency Treatment --- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident --- Planning --- Preparedness --- Prevention --- Catástrofes --- Gestión de emergencias --- Asistencia en catástrofes --- Gestión de crisis --- Protección civil --- Crísis management


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Conflict and health.
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ISSN: 17521505 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : BioMed Central,

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Public Health --- Public health --- Peace-building --- War relief --- Refugees --- Santé publique --- Consolidation de la paix --- Secours aux victimes de guerre --- Réfugiés --- Periodicals. --- Health and hygiene --- Health aspects --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Santé et hygiène --- Aspect sanitaire --- Public Health. --- Armed Conflicts. --- Warfare. --- Relief Work. --- Refugees. --- Gewapende conflicten. --- Gezondheid. --- Health & Medicine (General) --- War. --- Asylum Seekers --- Refugee Camps --- Asylum Seeker --- Camp, Refugee --- Camps, Refugee --- Refugee --- Refugee Camp --- Seekers, Asylum --- Humanitarian Assistance --- Assistance, Humanitarian --- Assistances, Humanitarian --- Humanitarian Assistances --- Relief Works --- Work, Relief --- Works, Relief --- War --- Wars --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Public --- Displaced persons --- Building peace --- Peacebuilding --- Peace-building. --- Public health. --- War relief. --- Health and hygiene. --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Sanitary affairs --- Social hygiene --- war zones --- health intervention --- Disasters --- Social Work --- Rescue Work --- Violence --- Community Health --- Health, Community --- Preventive Medicine --- Education, Public Health Professional --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Disaster relief --- Conflict management --- Peace --- Peacekeeping forces --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Orthopaedics. Traumatology. Plastic surgery --- Human medicine --- Displaced Persons --- Internally Displaced Persons --- Political Asylum Seekers --- Political Refugees --- Asylum Seeker, Political --- Asylum Seekers, Political --- Displaced Person --- Displaced Person, Internally --- Displaced Persons, Internally --- Internally Displaced Person --- Person, Displaced --- Persons, Displaced --- Political Asylum Seeker --- Political Refugee --- Refugee, Political --- Refugees, Political --- Seeker, Asylum --- Seekers, Political Asylum

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