World Health Organization Publication : Year 1986 ; Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics: Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics

By P. Bres

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 1986 ; Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics: Public Health Action in Emergencies Caused by Epidemics
Author:	P. Bres
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The number of outbreaks of communicable disease has been increasing in recent years. There may be several reasons for this: the increased rapidity of national and international travel and the greater distances travelled; extensive deforestation and irrigation works; neglect of insect and rodent vector control programmes; explosive urbanization and overcrowding associated with poor sanitary conditions; more frequent opportunities for collective gatherings resulting, for example, from improvements in public transport; frequent movements of populations and refugees; social or recreational events; tourism; and large-scale industrial food processing. Some of the increase, however, may be apparent rather than real, since better medical and epidemiological coverage in developing countries has improved the surveillance of these diseases, and outbreaks are now reported that would formerly have gone unnoticed. These reasons may also explain why a disease formerly considered as only occurring sporadically is now endemic or epidemic, although the possibility of changes in pathogenicity or virulence must not be overlooked.

Table of Contents
List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V1.1.1. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . Explanation of terms and general lines of action . . . . . 3 2.1 Explanation of the terms epidemic and emergency 3 2.2 General lines of action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . Organization of an emergency health service . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Structure of an emergency health service . . . . . . . . 7 3.1.1 Role of the emergency health service coordinator . 7 3.1.2 The advisory committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Preparedness measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2.1 Inventory of existing and required resources . . . . 10 3.2.2 International aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3.2.3 Contingency planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3.3 Early warning system for epidemics . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.3.1 Routine epidemiological surveillance . . . . . . . . . 23 3.3.2 Active epidemiological surveillance . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.3.3 International notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.4 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30