Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines faces long road to recovery

Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines faces long road to recovery

According to Allison Gocotano, Assistant Projects Officer at Health Futures Foundation, who helped provide basic medical services in a temporary shelter set up in a school in Guiuan, Samar province, about 100 evacuated families have just two toilets to share between them. According to the Internatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2013-11, Vol.382 (9906), p.1691-1692
1. Verfasser: Chiu, Yu-Tzu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cyclonic Storms
Disaster relief
Disaster Victims
Disasters
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Drinking water
Health facilities
Hospitals
Humans
Infrastructure
Internal Medicine
International Cooperation
Philippines
Provinces
Storm damage
Typhoons
Vaccines
Water shortages
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:According to Allison Gocotano, Assistant Projects Officer at Health Futures Foundation, who helped provide basic medical services in a temporary shelter set up in a school in Guiuan, Samar province, about 100 evacuated families have just two toilets to share between them. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), several humanitarian groups have been working in Samar to address the most pressing needs, including food, safe drinking water, and basic health care.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62380-6