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Communicable disease control in emergencies A field manual
Global Health Security Capacities
Communicable Diseases
Description
This manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. Emergencies include complex emergencies and natural disasters (e.g. floods and earthquakes). The term ��complex emergencies�� has been coined to describe ��situations of war or civil strife affecting large civilian populations with food shortages and population displacement, resulting in excess mortality and morbidity��.