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- Title
Assessment of Health-Related Needs After Tsunami and Earthquake--Three Districts, Aceh Province, Indonesia, July-August 2005.
- Authors
Widayastuti, E.; Silaen, G.; Pricesca, A.; Blanton, C.; Handzel, T.; Brennan, M.; Mach, O.
- Abstract
The article reports on the health needs of people affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The report, a joint effort of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. International Indonesia and the Centers for Disease Control, surveyed survivors in three districts in Aceh Province: Aceh Besar, Banda Aceh and Simeulue. Participants were classified as either internally displaced persons or non-displaced populations. The study assessed weight and height of children, malarial infection and anemia, food assistance received, malnutrition, access to a measles vaccination campaign and other public health services, access to drinking water and toilets and damage to homes.
- Subjects
ACEH (Indonesia); INDIAN Ocean Tsunami, 2004; CHILDREN'S health; PUBLIC health research; MALNUTRITION; HUMAN services; RURAL health; DRINKING water; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); CARE International
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 295, Issue 11, p1240
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.295.11.1240