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This text is an introduction to the provision of health care in emergencies. It provides the information required to build up a rapid picture of healthcare needs and describes the implementation of health care procedures and facilities, including information on feeding, preventive health care, clinical care and control of common diseases.

A comprehensive manual for use in treating different degrees of malnutrition in emergency situations, this book is an important reference for emergency planners and field-workers. It describes the assessment and monitoring of nutritional needs; and directions for the setting up and administration of selective and therapeutic feeding programmes.

This book provides a new approach to assessing and responding to situations of food scarcity and gives a comprehensive explanation of how to assess these situations in order to judge which interventions will be most effective.

The number of refugees and displaced persons has increased greatly in recent years. At least 80 per cent of them are living in tropical or semi-tropical countries where vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, kala azar, sleeping sickness, dysentery, and cholera are common. In the crowded and unhygienic conditions of emergency camps, such diseases can spread rapidly, and cause many deaths. Disease Prevention through Vector Control is intended to give relief workers an overview of the problems and a range of strategies for dealing with them. The main vector-borne diseases are described, and the importance of identifying the particular disease and its vector, and of considering a variety of methods of control, is emphasised. The book discusses the need for a community-based approach to vector control, the safe use of insecticides, and selection of spraying equipment. Also included in the book are lists of suppliers of insecticide and equipment, sources of advice, and recommended texts.

This book suggests options and provides examples of ways in which health care can be financed; to help readers think about what is best for their particular working situation, rather than to suggest definitive solutions. Intended for managers, health workers and members of the community who are involved with non-governmental health programmes.