World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?

Francesco Checchi; Ronald J Waldman; Leslie F Roberts; Alastair Ager; Ramin Asgary; Marie T Benner; Karl Blanchet; Gilbert Burnham; Emmanuel d'Harcourt; Jennifer Leaning; Moses B F Massaquoi; Edward J Mills; Rachel T Moresky; Preeti Patel; Bayard Roberts; Michael J Toole; Bradley Woodruff; Anthony B Zwi

doi:10.1136/bmj.i469

World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?

BMJ. 2016 Jan 28:352:i469. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i469.

Authors

Francesco Checchi¹, Ronald J Waldman², Leslie F Roberts³, Alastair Ager⁴, Ramin Asgary⁵, Marie T Benner⁶, Karl Blanchet⁷, Gilbert Burnham⁸, Emmanuel d'Harcourt⁹, Jennifer Leaning¹⁰, Moses B F Massaquoi¹¹, Edward J Mills¹², Rachel T Moresky¹³, Preeti Patel¹⁴, Bayard Roberts¹⁵, Michael J Toole¹⁶, Bradley Woodruff¹⁷, Anthony B Zwi¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Humanitarian Technical Unit, Save the Children, London, UK Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK F.Checchi@savethechildren.org.uk.
² Doctors of the World USA, New York, USA Global Health Department, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
⁴ Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, USA.
⁶ Malteser International, Cologne, Germany.
⁷ Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁸ Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
⁹ International Rescue Committee, New York, USA.
¹⁰ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
¹¹ Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia.
¹² Global Evaluative Sciences, Vancouver, Canada.
¹³ Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA.
¹⁴ Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ ECOHOST-the Centre for Health and Social Change, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
¹⁶ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁷ Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
¹⁸ Health, Rights and Development (HEARD@UNSW), School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 26821569
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i469

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Developing Countries
Disaster Planning / organization & administration*
Disaster Planning / standards
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration*
Emergency Medical Services / standards
Global Health
Health Care Reform
Health Services Accessibility / organization & administration*
Health Services Accessibility / standards
Humans
Population Surveillance
Quality Improvement
War-Related Injuries / prevention & control*
World Health Organization / organization & administration*