Impact of war on infectious disease in Bosnia-Hercegovina
| Autor: | J Weinberg, Z Puvacic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Warfare Bosnian Notification system Communicable Diseases Environmental protection medicine Humans Disease Notification General Environmental Science Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Hercegovina Humanitarian aid business.industry Public health Incidence General Engineering Outbreak General Medicine medicine.disease language.human_language Infectious disease (medical specialty) language General Earth and Planetary Sciences Medical emergency business Research Article |
| Popis: | The war that broke out in Bosnia-Hercegovina in April 1992 resulted in the collapse of surveillance of infectious diseases in many areas. The Bosnian authorities recognised the importance of surveillance in managing outbreaks of communicable diseases and the management and evaluation of the humanitarian aid programme, and they have rebuilt the notification system during the conflict with the help of the World Health Organisation. We compared the rates of notification of infectious diseases during 1993 with those during 1987-91. The surviving elements of the pre-existing surveillance system were used to report to the Republic Institute of Public Health in Sarajevo. Notification was carried out by experienced local staff, often those responsible for notification before the conflict. Various methods were used to overcome difficulties in transmitting notifications. Telephone lines worked occasionally, even across … |
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