Killing tens of thousand people and bringing tremendous loss, epidemics have been one the most huge urgent threats for all human kind. Given abruptness epidemic outbreaks, quick access to sufficient medical supplies is essential. Most existing research focuses on reserving physical stocks only, while some authors also consider production capacity. This study first capital reserves besides stock...

Panic buying is now a frequent occurrence in many countries, leading to stockouts and supply chain disruptions. This paper highlights consumers’ panic behavior different types of regions the impact replenishment strategies after an emergency disruption. occurs when consumers try mitigate negative Therefore, this develops consumer-based agency model study correlation between public opinion simul...

Emergency management organisations recognise the vulnerability of infants in emergencies, even in developed countries. However, thus far, those who care for infants have not been provided with detailed information on what emergency preparedness entails. Emergency management authorities should provide those who care for infants with accurate and detailed information on the supplies necessary to ...

OBJECTIVE Injuries, trauma and non-communicable diseases are responsible for a rising proportion of death and disability in low-income and middle-income countries. Delivering effective emergency and urgent healthcare for these and other conditions in resource-limited settings is challenging. In this study, we sought to examine and characterise emergency and urgent care capacity in a resource-li...

OBJECTIVE To assess life-saving and disability-preventing surgical services (including emergency, trauma, obstetrics, anaesthesia) of health facilities in Somalia and to assist in the planning of strategies for strengthening surgical care systems. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Health facilities in all 3 administrative zones of Somalia; northwest Somalia (NWS), known as Somaliland; ...

Coastal areas present high risk in case of tsunami, hurricanes or floods due to the higher population densities. Traditional physical models or risk maps provide limited help since disaster spatial extent can not be available immediately for the emergency management. This impairs postdisaster response; more fatalities can be expected due to the uneven distribution of medical supplies, food or e...