BACKGROUND Earthquakes, floods, droughts, storms, mudslides, landslides, and forest wild fires are serious threats to human lives and properties. The present study aimed to study the environmental characteristics and pathogenic traits, recapitulate experiences, and augment applications of medical reliefs in tropical regions. METHODS Analysis was made on work and projects of emergency medical ...

There are an increasing amount and variety of disasters occurring throughout the United States. Many of these disasters require physicians to provide medical assistance. This article provides a brief introduction to disaster preparedness and its recent history and physicians' obligations, role, education, preparation, and response. It is the intent of this article to increase awareness and prov...

OBJECTIVES After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the resource utilization of and the problems encountered with communication devices were examined. METHODS A questionnaire survey was submitted to disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs) that were at the primary sites of destruction after the earthquake. RESULTS We collected data from 196 teams. During the first 4 days after the earth...

Introduction: Non-coordinated support during disasters has negative effects on affected communities and people. From the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, United Nations introduced a cluster approach to avoid gaps duplication of aid. Japan's disaster coordination for health medical care was organized after 2017 Kumamoto earthquake. The Ministry Health, Labour Welfare (MHLW) announced issued notice tha...

Introduction: Emergency Medical Team Coordination Cell (EMTCC) was established in WHO Moldova Country Office to coordinate responding International EMTs March 2022. Japan Cooperation Agency (JICA) sent an EMTCC assistance team support the WHO-approved minimum data collection for emergency medical teams, Minimum Data Set (MDS), operations and other coordination activities. Introducing activities...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: After having struck in a major natural disaster like an earthquake, different organizations run about to decrease losses. The lack of accurate demand information is a common problem that all emergency response organizations have to encounter such a crisis. Evaluation of the City disaster level is a mean to feed this informati...

The Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami and Project Medishare, an affiliated not-for-profit organization, provided a large-scale relief effort in Haiti after the earthquake of 12 January 2010. Their experience demonstrates that academic medical centers in proximity to natural disasters can help deliver effective medical care through a coordinated process involving mobilization ...