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Zackery.White- Essays and data published from the Doctors without Borders or MSF
- Critical analisys of current humanitarian laws and policies
- Past humanitarian efforts, such as Congo, were studied and discussed about how aid efforts could've been improved.
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Zackery.WhiteThe app is funded throgh partnerships with medical associations such as DynaMed Plus, MUSC Health, and many more.
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Zackery.WhiteThe article uses Fukushima as a catalyst to progress the discussion of creating a effective Nuclear Emergency Response Team. Schmid uses the examples of the unexpected flow of events to support the unprecedented need for a diverse group of individulals, not just "Scientific Elites". She compares the responses fromthe 1979 Three Mile Island incident to the current state of respond to show how little has changed dispite the short lived boost in attention.
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Zackery.White“The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors.”
“The physician, Anna Pou, defended herself on national television, saying her role was to “help” patients “
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Zackery.WhiteThe main arguement is that there needs to be a larger emphasis on the biosocial understanding of medical phenomina, to help prevent or reverse disease infection in low income, diverse, or war strikin communities.
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a_chenThe convention can be applying to a State that is possibly involving in nuclear activities or might have any nuclear effects to the surroundings. Or the state that can notify the accidents that in the other states. Due to 22 September 2014, there are 119 parties (states) subject to entry into force with 69 states signed the convention (Convention – Latest Status).
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Zackery.WhiteDoctors without Borders is a group that not only responds to emergencies and disasters, they also create predictions to problems that are affecting third-world communities. The research that best embodies this is the research conducted regaurding the 'Effect of Mass Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food during an Anticipated Nutritional Emergency' they used this information gathered in Niger to prove that with early intervention in children ages 6 to 23 months you can reduce mortality rate in areas at risk for nutritional deficiency crisis'.
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a_chenThe translation for the system is managed by Transifex (not Ushahidi owned) with monthly plans for localised translation. In the case that the user not comfortable with English might be an issue to work with the system. Especially the reporters from the hard-reach areas with fewer educations. (They might deal with the problem of using technologies.)
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Zackery.WhiteThis article has been referenced at least once in 'Making Sense of Disaster' by Howard Davis which focuses on response to acute human disasters.