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1) International courts came to agreement that gender based acts of violence, such as rape, constitute a crime against humanity.
2) When gender is erased from the picture it removes the why, what, and how of the incident as well as ting to be uniform in care but also recognizing biological differences between men and women, gender differences and how that changes treatment, care, and outcome.
3) Human rights activists have been championing to address violence against women since the 1980s which later turned into “gender based violence” so that it would broaden the scope to include any gender.
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Negligible risk for epidemics after geophysical disasters
Narrative review: tetanus—a health threat after natural disasters in developing countries
Infectious diseases following natural disasters: prevention and control measures
Use of mobile phones in an emergency reporting system for infectious disease surveillance after the Sichuan earthquake in China
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FDNY - Fire Department of the City of New York, which includes the EMS department as well.
NY police - self explanatory
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They seem to support their approach by their own success.
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The article directly address EMS and fire and the financial struggles that the industry is currently facing due to the manipulation of resources that are needed. The inability to afford proper equipment is directly affecting patient care, which is a huge issue in EMS. The article points to wall street as the cause of this issue.
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As discussed before, the first respodners and doctors had to deal with hundreds of life or death decisions, and the emotional trauma that is involved, through treating the victims of the disaster. Afterward many of these people not only had to see patients pass, but also had friends or family that perished in the disaster.