By Dr Mala Rao, Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health. The harrowing accounts of the earthquake in Haiti are a reminder of the helplessness of humanity when faced with nature’s fury. And it isn’t only the developing world which can be overwhelmed by environmental calamities. Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,000 Americans in [...]
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The huge challenges of managing environmental disasters
Posted in Disaster relief, tagged Haiti on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Public health implications of the Haiti earthquake
Posted in Disaster relief, tagged Haiti, HIV, International aid, Malnutrition, public health on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After a 7.0 earthquake with 30 aftershocks, close to the surface and to the capital city, much of Port-au-Prince is now rubble. Although this just attains the category of major quake, in terms of destruction and casualties, it is one of the worst ever.
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