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| P SalamaSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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HIV surveillance in complex emergenciesP Salama
Epidemic Intelligence Service, and International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 15:S4-12. 2001..It is required to define the high risk groups, target interventions, and ultimately decrease HIV and STI transmission within countries facing complex emergencies. It is also required to facilitate regional control of HIV epidemics...
Malnutrition, measles, mortality, and the humanitarian response during a famine in EhiopiaP Salama
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop F 48, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
JAMA 286:563-71. 2001..However, no population-based data on mortality or nutrition existed for Gode district, at the epicenter of the famine in the Somali region of Ethiopia...
War and mortality in Kosovo, 1998-99: an epidemiological testimonyP B Spiegel
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Lancet 355:2204-9. 2000..Understanding mortality that results from modern warfare, in which 90% of casualties are civilian, and identifying vulnerable civilian groups, are of critical public-health importance...
Developing public health indicators in complex emergency responseP B Spiegel
Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop F 48, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 16:281-5. 2001..Finally, the establishment of a regulating body with the authority to enforce the attainment of standards by use of these indicators is necessary to avoid inappropriate humanitarian assistance causing loss of life in the future...
