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A main concern is the fact that no disaster will ever be the same. A hurricane in one area will be very different in another area, despite the same source of destruction. This is because each areas has a different population, different needs  and different services available in each area. The most challenging part is the ability to foresee what might be good resources or equipment or forms of medical care and best to supply at each different disaster since each one is unique. 

There are numerous authors of this paper. Foghammar is from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden, as well as the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Jnag, Kyzy, Sullivan and Irwin are also from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Weiss is from the Fafo Research Institute in Norway and Fall is from King's College London in the UK. Foghammar is very active in foreign affairs as well as economics, global health and political science fields. Suyoun Jang researches at SIPRI in the Security and Development Program and her focus is on fragile states, security and development. Kyzy is also a  researcher at SIPRI, working on the impact evaluation of the peace program in Kyrgyzstan. Weiss has a PhD in social anthropology and her research areas include conflict, gender, political anthropology, migration and social suffering and torture. Their publications all relate to their respective fields of study within the anthropology and social science world. 

"The demand for “public health preparedness” escalated as public health insti- tutions faced mounting concerns about, first, a possible bioterrorist attack and then, beginning in 2005, a devastating influenza pandemic. "

"There is the problem of regulation and responsibility: given the global scale of biological threats and their multiple sources, it is often unclear who has regulatory jurisdiction or responsibility for managing a 

given disease event.  "

"The emergency management approach thus seeks to develop techniques for managing health emergencies that can work independently of political context and of socioeconomic conditions.  "

This registry allows for the tracking of the health effects of the 9/11 disaster. It is open to the public, where they can see the most common disorders and afflictions that those effected by 9/11 are dealing with today. The public can access this website and read up on the rates of lung infection, heart disease, PTSD, alcohol use, as well as the effect it has had on adolescent health. This registry was not only set up for the public use though, it is also used and produced by researchers. The researchers track the longterm health effects 9/11 has had on those exposed. The data also provides experts and researchers with the means to draw conclusions and analyses. Learning about the long term effects of 9/11 will raise awareness as well as allow for the understanding of how disasters of this caliber can effect those around it, in both long term and short term ways. 

I personally wouldn't say that emergency response was a factor discussed or addressed in this paper. Rather,there was a discussion about illegal immigration and public health aspects and the duty France and other countries had to those seeking residence or living in their respective countries. I think more so, public health aspects were discussed in this paper as well as social aspects of duty and justice rather than emergency response. 

Yes, those enrolled in this program can achieve a Master of Science in DRL, a dual degree with a Master of Social Work and MS, or they can be certified in DRL.