STUDY OBJECTIVE Comparison of children's nutritional status in refugee populations with that of local host populations, one year after outbreak refugee crisis in the North Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo. DESIGN Cross sectional surveys. SETTING Temporary and other settlements, in the town of Goma and surrounding rural areas. SUBJECTS Anthropometric indicators of nutritional st...

OBJECTIVE To assess the health conditions of families from the Landless Rural Workers' Movement and temporary rural workers. METHODS The research involved a comparative study of three populations: a settlement and a camp linked to the Rural Workers' Movement, and the families of temporary rural workers in a city of Southeast Brazil, in 2005. Information relating to sociodemographic characteri...

Earthquake survivors are a diverse population. This study focused on a special group of earthquake survivors, who had still stayed in temporary housing camps for about 2 years after China's Wenchuan Earthquake rather than those who moved back to rebuild their lives or immigrated to large cities to seek new lives. The research goals were to (1) assess their sleep problems as well as their PTSD, ...

Palestinian refugee camps were established as a "temporary solution" following the 1948 and 1967 wars displacing more than 700,000 Palestinians, status that has been ongoing for seventy years three generations. These conditions led to transformation of temporary into an urban sprawl informal settlements embedded within city context. The housing these face physical, environmental, social, health...

Abstract The number of global refugees has been rising annually for the last decade. Many these are housed within camps, in temporary structures, vulnerable to impacts flooding. flood risk is not well understood. Flood guidance available camp planners and managers vague, existing data often lacking remote areas where camps typically located. We show how should, should not, be used assess refuge...

blood supply chain management is one of the mainchallenges in healthcare system. optimal locationof blood donation camps is one of the key factors in optimizing the bloodsupply chain. disruption in location of blood donation camps because ofdisasters will have a negative impact on the entire supply chain. thispaper develops a generalized network optimization model for the complex supplychain of...

Over the past two years, debate about the use of data taken from Nazi concentration camp experiments has intensified. Many survivors of the Holocaust have been particularly offended at the publication of hypothermia or other data. This article argues against the use of unethically obtained data, and considers the debate from the perspective of the rights of Holocaust victims.

Will reading habit influence your life? Many say yes. Reading concentration camp survivors in norway and israel is a good habit; you can develop this habit to be such interesting way. Yeah, reading habit will not only make you have any favourite activity. It will be one of guidance of your life. When reading has become a habit, you will not make it as disturbing activities or as boring activity...

Despite repeated claims from Russian and pro-Russian Chechen officials that the situation in Chechnya is normalising, the conflict and related human rights abuses continue. 1 The decade of conflict has resulted in an estimated 260 000 internally displaced people. By mid 2004, around 52 000 remained in the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia. Most live in places unfit for human habitation—tent c...