OBJECTIVE To document infrastructure, personnel, procedures performed, and supplies and equipment available at all county hospitals in Liberia using the World Health Organization Tool for Situational Analysis of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. DESIGN Survey of county hospitals using the World Health Organization Tool for Situational Analysis of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care. ...

Last mile distribution is the final stage of a humanitarian relief chain; it refers to delivery of relief supplies from local distribution centers (LDCs) to beneficiaries affected by disasters. In this study, we consider a vehicle-based last mile distribution system, in which an LDC stores and distributes emergency relief supplies to a number of demand locations. The main decisions are allocati...

Article history: Received: 31 January 2016 Accepted: 22 July 2016 Available Online: 11 October 2016 This paper aims to decide on the number of facilities and their locations, procurement for pre and post-disaster, and allocation to mitigate the effects of large-scale emergencies. A two-stage stochastic mixed integer programming model is proposed that combines facility locationprepositioning, de...

On 27 June 2015, flammable starch-based powder exploded at Formosa Fun Coast, a recreational water park in Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan, injuring 508 people, with 199 in critical condition. During the emergency medical distribution, two processes, casualty transportation and relief distribution, are poorly coordinated and performed. The medical relief distribution process can be described as vehicl...

Efficient management of humanitarian relief chains (HRC) is crucial due to the increasing number and intensity of natural disasters around the globe. In this paper, a fuzzy scenario-based stochastic programming (FSBSP) model is proposed for HRC-related logistical problems which are characterized by inherent uncertainty in their input data. The FSBSP model is an extension to an existing stochast...

Abstract:The purpose of this study was to assess influenza preparedness levels among Spanish-speaking adults ages 18 and older in two rural communities in Central California. Data were collected from 209 participants using the 21-item Emergency Preparedness Measurement Scale, an instrument designed and validated for this study. Results suggest that adult Spanish-speaking Latinos are not prepare...