Post-disaster behavior of some communicable diseases |
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| Authors: | Ney Guzman Gomez Ninfa de Sarmiento |
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| Institution: | Department of Social Medicine School of Health Valle University Cali, Colombia;Department of Epidemiology La Cauca Health Service Popayan, Colombia |
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| Abstract: | The surveillance of communicable diseases after a natural disaster reflects the permanent state of effectiveness of the health services and the adverse factors of the natural, physical and family environments. Diarrhoeal diseases may be the best indicator of a community's period of recovery. The return of these diseases to endemic levels means that the pre-disaster situation has been reestablished. |
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| Keywords: | Colombia Communicable diseases Earth quakes Natural disaster |
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