Titre :
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Health programmes and policies associated with decreased mortality in displaced people in postemergency phase camps : a retrospective study. (2002)
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Auteurs :
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Paul SPIEGEL ;
Carol GOTWAY-CRAWFORD ;
Peter SALAMA ;
Mani SHEIK ;
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch. Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services. National Center for Environmental Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta. GA. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Lancet (The) (vol. 360, n° 9349, 2002)
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Pagination :
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1927-1934
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Association
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Mortalité
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Diminution
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Spécificité
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Recommandation
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Réfugié
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Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS c0zqR0xy. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background An estimated 35 million people have been displaced by complex humanitarian emergencies. International humanitarian organisations define policies and provide basic health and nutrition programmes to displaced people in postemergency phase camps. However, many policies and programmes are not based on supporting data. We aimed to identify associations between age-specific mortality and health indicators in displaced people in postemergency phase camps and to define the programme and policy implications of these data. Methods In 1998-2000, we obtained and analysed retrospective mortality data for the previous 3 months in 51 postemergency phase camps in seven countries. We did multivariate regression with 18 independent variables that affect crude mortality rates (CMRs) and mortality rates in children younger than 5 years (
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