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DISASTERS IN GENERAL EARTHQUAKES INFLUENZA
Global Health, Cuban Health Cooperation and Disasters

Public Health Disaster Consequences of Disasters (In Spanish)   (In Russian)  (In Arabic)  (In Portuguese)  (in Japan)

Disaster and Multi-Casualty Triage  (in Spanish)

DISASTER DATA BASE: A New Experimental Model   (in Spanish)

Safety matters: How to Safely Evacuate from your Home

Epidemiology of Disasters -part I-   -part II-

The Use of Epidemiologic Methods in Disasters

Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health

Disaster epidemiology

Marty Silverstein Lecture. Change is Hard

Disaster epidemiology

Data for Decision making in disasters: advances and controversies

Tectonic explanation of the May 12, 2008, Sichuan Earthquake  in Chinese

China Earthquake: 12 May 2008. Short version  in Chinese   in Spanish 

China Earthquake: 12 May 2008. Long version

Pakistani Earthquake. 8 October 2005   (Spanish version)

Earthquakes 2000 to 2005 From Indonesia to Pakistan

A Case Study for the Setting of Water Supply & Sanitation Priorities in the PAK Emergency

Earthquake & Tsunami South Asia, 26 Dec 2004

Earthquake Mitigation   (in Spanish)

Indonesia Earthquake 27 May 2006   in Spanish

THE 99 MARMARA EARTHQUAKE AND AFTERWARDS  (in Spanish)

Earthquakes in Turkey

Revelation of 5.12 Quake, Sichuan, China. Part I. Background of Earthquake   Part2. Prevention   Part3. During the Quake   Part 4a. Short-term response after the quake     Part 4b. Short-term response after the quake   Part 5. Post-disaster problems that require long-term concern  

Influenza A(H1N1) (Swine Flu): A Global Outbreak  in Russian  in Spanish  in Farsi   in Arabic  in Vietnamese  in Malay  in French  in Macedonian  in Chinese   in Hebrew   in Bosnian  in Japanese

Eric Marler, M.D. links about H1N1 influenza A

Influenza: An Impending Pandemic  Part I  (in Macedonian)  (in Spanish)  (in Russian)   (in Chinese)  (in Persian)  Part II   (in Spanish)  (in Macedonian)   (in Chinese)  (in Russian)

AVIAN INFLUENZA: Zoonosis  (In Spanish)  

AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM ‘Cum ga”  (in Spanish)

Biodefense and Pandemic Influenza: The Research and Public Health Interface

Eric Marler, M.D. links about Avian Flu

BIRD FLU  (In Spanish)

Herd Protection against Influenza

Challenges of Influenza Control

Incidence of Influenza in Ontario Following the Universal Influenza Immunization Campaign

Networked Information Sharing on Disasters - http://nishada.blogspot.com/

Influenza in Russian     INFLUENZA A (H1N1) in Portuguese

Basic Principles of Mass Gathering Medical Care (in Spanish) Public Health Consequences of Earthquakes Part I. Part II. TSUNAMI
Disaster and Hospital Functions

Supercourse and Disaster Management Training

Disaster Epidemiologic lessons from Bam Earthquake Dec 26, 2003 Iran. Part I   Part II   Part III   Part IV   Part V   Part VI   Part VII IMPACT OF TSUNAMI ON ANIMALS IN INDIA: TSUNAMI-Disaster Management. Programs for Livestock
Disasters: The Public Health Impact
Climatic changes, Disasters and Human Health. HAARP Project case (In Spanish)
Earthquake in Iran. Bam, December 26, 2003  (in Spanish) Tsunami (In Arabic)  (In Telugu)  (In Spanish)          

Earthquake & Tsunami South Asia, 26 Dec 2004

Dead Bodies and Disasters: Principles of Mortuary Services  (in Spanish)

EXPERIENCE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT BHUJ IN INDIA

TSUNAMI IN INDIA AND TSUNAMI WALLS

Role of NGOs in Disasters
Preparing to work in a crisis: Health and safety for field volunteers

Disaster data base a new experimental model   (in Spanish)

HURRICANES

MAD COW DISEASE

BIOTERRORISM

The History of Bioterrorism

Hurricane     (In Spanish)      (In Chinese)  

Hurricane Rita 

Evolution of the Mad Cow Disease in the United States
‘I Think I Have Anthrax…’: Responding to Bioterror in the National Capital Region Hurricanes    Part I  (in Spanish) Part II  (in Spanish)   Part III   (in Spanish) Mad Cow Disease Outbreak in the United States. Following the Story in USA Today.

Assault with a Chemical Weapon: Its worse out there than just Bioterrorism. Part I      Part II

Attribution of Recent Increases in Atlantic Hurricane Activity  SURVEILLANCE
Global Diseases biological challenges of the 21st Century TORNADOES

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System

A model response to bioterrorism: Pennsylvania Region 13-WMD Task Force Tornados  In Spanish           

Analysis, Reporting, and Feedback of Surveillance Data.  Part I  Part II

Identification of Bioterrorism Agents. Part I   Part II  TORNADO-RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES DUE TO THE MAY 3, 1999 TORNADOES Overview of Public Health Surveillance. Part I     Part II
Public Health Response To Terrorism - Bioterrorism-  in Chinese    The Role of Information Technologies and Science in the Prevention of Bioterrorism. Part I  Part I in Spanish  Part II A Historical Look at Tornadoes: Damage and Death

Kansas 9/14/04 Tornado

INFECTIOUS DISEASES(full list of lectures at this page)
Anthrax       Anthrax II Tornadoes

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

THE INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF BIOTERRORISM THREAT. Episode I. Introduction. Part I.   Part II  (Version in Russian)Part I.    Part II.
Episode II. OBJECTIVES, METHOD, TASKS  (Version in Russian)
Episode III. ONE YEAR AFTER. THE CHARACTER OF THREATS AND MAIN THREATS RANKING.  (Version in Russian)

INJURY (full list of lectures at this page)

Positional compression of mild tissues, as type of crush syndrome (In Russian)

Dengue and Aedes Aegypti: a public health problem along the United States-Mexico border (Lecture number 1 - a series of Dengue lectures) 

Monkeypox: Outbreak in the US   (in Spanish)

Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Perpetual Challenge to Global Health

 

Microbial Threats to Health in the United States: Natural and Manmade Medical Aspects of Blast Injuries

Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Examination of Global Threats From a Public Health Education Perspective

Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon

INJURY BIOMECHANICS

Herd Immunity and Vaccination

Too Many Germs, Too Few Monkeys. The Need for Artificial Organisms for Testing and Validating Pharmaceuticals

Biosafety and Threat Reduction Activities in Georgia

Effectiveness of a State Law Mandating Use of Bicycle Helmets among Children: An Observational Evaluation Dengue, Aedes aegypti, and Hurricane Reconstruction in The Caribbean and Central America: Prevention and Control Following a Natural Disaster
(Lecture Number 2 - a series of Dengue Lectures)
TERRORISM Injury Epidemiology- Participatory Action Research and Quantitative Approaches in Small Populations  Dengue, Aedes aegypti, and Hurricane Reconstruction in The Caribbean and Central America: Prevention and Control Following a Natural Disaster  (Lecture number 3 - a series of Dengue lectures)
Air Safety and Terrorism   (In Spanish)

 

Is the CT Scan important at the 24 Hours in Children with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury? International Multicentre Study  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Part I   Part I. (In Spanish)    Part II  Part II. (in Spanish)  Part III  PART III (in Spanish)   Part IY  PART IY (in Spanish)  Part Y  PART Y (in Spanish)  Part YI  PART YI (in Spanish)   revised 
The new approaches to the estimation of the epidemic risk  (In Russian) Teenage Driver Crashes - Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor Communicable Diseases Following Natural Disasters: A Public Health Response
Hacking as Warfare. Part I     Part II Safety education of pedestrian. A systematic review. OTHER LECTURES
The Threat of NBC Terrorism  Corticosteroid Randomisation After Significant Head Injury Collapse. What the mute Statues of Easter Island have to tell us about health care?
Public Health Response to Terrorism -Preparedness-  in Chinese Air Travel. Pleasure or Peril?  Acute poisoning (In Russian)
Principles of Risk and Crisis Communication with the Public Disabilities due to Injury in the U.S. Armed Forces Songhua River Polution and Control in Harbin, China
Epidemiology of Fear. Part I     Part II Motor Vehicle Crashes in Older Drivers    in Spanish Tribal Emergency Response Preparedness
Health and National Security Issues of the USA Injury Prevention and Control   in Spanish Emergency preparedness in the Baltics   (in Spanish)
SEPTEMBER 11 Injury Epidemiology - Introduction

Injury Epidemiology - Analytic Approaches

Increasing Capacity Needs for Health Communication in Emergency Situations
Understanding Sept.11   (In English)     (In Russian)        (In Chinese)   (In Spanish)    (In Turkish)     (In Korean)    (In Italian)  (In Japanese) (In Hindi)   (in French) Epidemiology of Childhood Fractures in Affluent and Deprived Areas The Mundane to the Critical: The Need for Transition from Individual Care to Population Health Maintenance
Access to and Need for Counseling Among Children after the September 11th Attacks on the World Trade Center   (in Spanish) RADIATION

Radiation Epidemiology and Leukemia. Part I.    Part II.

NANO-MECHANICS BASED ASSESSMENT OF FAILURE RISK, SIZE EFFECT AND LIFETIME OF QUASIBRITTLE STRUCTURES AT DIFFERENT SCALES
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York. Response to the attack on the World Trade Center and Report on Preparedness for Future Events  (in Spanish) Chernobyl disaster and experience of population protection from nuclear accident Economic Assessment of the Value of Statistical Life in Russian
First Principles for Homeland Security Contingency Planning in a Decentralized Environment. Part I   Part II   Part III    Radiation Epidemiology and Leukemia Part I.  (In Russian)  Part II. RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE. Some basic postulates …
Issues Associated with Population Protection from Disaster and Infectious Disease and the Role of Public Health Understanding Radiation Hazard, Threats, Risk, Etc. An examination of some key terms …
MECHANICS OF PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE: WHAT DID AND DID NOT DOOM WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN ? Part I    Part II Radiation Part I.    Part II.

Amchitka Expedition as a Model for Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research into Radionuclide Contamination into the Marine Environment

 

SCIENTIFIC NETWORKING AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH SUPERCOURSE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THREAT FROM MAN MADE AND NATURAL DISASTERS (Lectures from NATO Workshop, 2005, Lithuania) 

 

HAZARD ANALYSIS

FINK AND RISK

STATE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE: our view to Scientific Networking and Global Health Supercourse

Estonia Civil Protection Systems

Preparing for the Preparedness Emergency and Disaster medicine system in Latvia

Natural disaster risks in Ukraine     in Russian

Concept and terms used by government of Estonia in the field of health care preparedness for disaster

“Is it Possible to Make People Accept Network Prevention as a Paradigm of Global Safety System?”

Safety Issues of Electric Power Production in Russian Federation: Brief Review and Analysis of Accidents and Emergencies"

Epidemiologic profile and risk factors of traffic accidents in Tunisia

The National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism and Current U.S. Changes in How Preparedness is Evaluated

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