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Visualizing Geita Cover

Artisanal or Snall Scale Mining in Geita.

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EMTs turn in NYPD officers who beat handcuffed patient

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How does the article address public health inequities or emergency response?

The patient was described as emotionally disturbed, and the behavior of spitting at the officers and so on may suggest underlying mental illnesses, a common at risk group for mistreatment.

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Frontline: Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

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How is the argument or narrative made and sustained? How much scientific information is provided, for example? Does the film have emotional appeal?

The narritive is given a semi action film feeling. The documentary not only follows the events throghout the catastrophe, but also follows the story of a man whom lost a majority of his family from the natural disaster as well. His story acts as a binding agent, giving the story a better flow and emotional connection.

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Nuclear Emergency Response: Atomic Priests or an International SWAT Team?

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

Citing of information, articles, and books on previous disasters as well as past attempts by organizations such as Reponse Assistance Network created by Internation Atomic Energy Agency, or the World Association of Nuclear Operators.

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When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers

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What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issues and actors described in the article?

Instances of 'ER Shopping'

Manipulation of medication prices

Funding for EMS agencies

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Ushahidi

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How was development of the system funded?

The app was developed in partnership with Omidyar Network, Cisco, Ford Foundation, Google.org, Humanity United, MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Knight Foundation, and the USAID (from the american people).

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Epidemics after Natural Disasters

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

It appeared to be mostly a compilation-based study, amassing and comparing previously completed research to reach the conclusion and build the argument in the paper. Primarily, the author cited outside sources for all of the “heavy-lifting” science, and was primarily drawing the over-arching conclusion about the relationship between natural disasters and epidemics.

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Epidemiology of Respiratory Health Outcomes among World Trade Center Disaster Workers: Review of the Literature 10 Years after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Where is this study published? Give a brief description of the journal, including what types of studies and topics they usually publish and how the publication is regarded among health professionals.

This study is published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP). DMPHP is a journal that is focused on emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response for all health care and public health professionals globally. Using scientific information that they've gathered, they make it accessible and understandable from medical and public health perspectives. As per the title they study many emergency situations such as 9/11, H1N1, and Katrina.

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Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

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What events (internal and external) or data have had a significant impact on the evolution of the organization?

The organization was founded because of the experience of volunteer Red Cross doctors. These doctors wanted to tell others what they had seen and to help bring more aid to those that are suffering.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article?

The chapter Compassion Protocol in Humanitarian Reason focuses on the change in the French culture in reference to their policy on Immigration Health, and what that might mean in terms of legislature reform. The article discusses an overall change to an overall more compassionate take on the laws.