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Central coordination of humanitarian aid in Nepal

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2015
We arrived in Nepal within 4 days of the earthquake on April 25. The journey from the airport alone was striking with the destruction of ancient temples and a strong smell hung in the air from the disposal of dead bodies. Parks and open spaces were filled with bright orange tents—makeshift camps for people to seek refuge away from their unstable or now
Kaji Sritharan, Maryam Alfa-Wali
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Exploring differences in the utilization of the emergency department between migrant and non-migrant populations: a systematic review

BMC Public Health
Background Migrants face several barriers when accessing care and tend to rely on emergency services to a greater extent than primary care. Comparing emergency department (ED) utilization by migrants and non-migrants can unveil inequalities affecting the
Giulia Acquadro-Pacera, Martina Valente, Giulia Facci, Bereket Molla Kiros, Francesco Della Corte, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Luca Ragazzoni, Monica Trentin   +7 more
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Humanitarian Aid, Security and Ethics

Journal of Extreme Anthropology, 2020
The article examines the relationship between humanitarianism, security, and ethics in the case of the provision of medical humanitarian aid by Israel to casualties from the Syrian civil war, between 2013 and 2018. We argue that this humanitarian project differs from the type of humanitarian intervention commonly seen in conflict zones and can be ...
Limor Samimian-Darash, Hedva Eyal, Nadav Davidovitch   +2 more
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Impact of Ebola and COVID-19 on maternal, neonatal, and child health care among populations affected by conflicts: a scoping review exploring demand and supply-side barriers and solutions

Conflict and Health
Introduction Armed conflicts have a severe impact on the health of women and children. Global health emergencies such as pandemics and disease outbreaks further exacerbate the challenges faced by vulnerable populations in accessing maternal, neonatal ...
Yasir Shafiq, Elena Rubini, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Muhammad Murtaza Bukhari, Maheen Zakaria, Noor ul Huda Zeeshan, Ameer Muhammad, Luca Ragazzoni, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Martina Valente   +9 more
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Access to care in Afghanistan after august 2021: a cross-sectional study exploring Afghans’ perspectives in 10 provinces

Conflict and Health
Background The Taliban takeover in August 2021 ended a decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. Yet, along with improved security, there have been collateral changes, such as the exacerbation of the economic crisis and brain drain.
Martina Valente, Alessandro Lamberti-Castronuovo, Francesca Bocchini, Yasir Shafiq, Monica Trentin, Michela Paschetto, Ghulam Ali Bahdori, Jan Agha Khadem, Mirza Sayed Nadeem, Mohammand Hanif Patmal, Mohammad Tawoos Alizai, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Rossella Miccio, Luca Ragazzoni   +13 more
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A Probabilistic Framework for Optimizing Real-time Decisions in Humanitarian Aid Delivery Systems [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
This paper presents a computationally efficient model for optimizing real-time decisions in humanitarian aid delivery systems. Our formulation models a hierarchical system and is a mixed integer, probabilistic, non-linear and non-concave optimization problem.
arxiv  

Advancing Data for Street-level Flood Vulnerability: Extraction of Variables from Google Street View in Quito, Ecuador [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Data relevant to flood vulnerability is minimal and infrequently collected, if at all, for much of the world. This makes it difficult to highlight areas for humanitarian aid, monitor changes, and support communities in need. It would be time consuming and resource intensive to do an exhaustive study for multiple flood relevant vulnerability variables ...
arxiv  

Monitoring and evaluation in disaster management courses: a scoping review

BMC Medical Education
Background Owing to the infrequent emergence of disasters and the challenges associated with their management, responders need appropriate training beyond doubt.
George Teo Voicescu, Hamdi Lamine, Andra Elena Loșonți, Eugenia Maria Lupan-Mureșan, Sonia Luka, José García Ulerio, Luca Ragazzoni, Francesco Della Corte, Marta Caviglia   +8 more
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Can Strategic Data Collection Improve the Performance of Poverty Prediction Models? [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Machine learning-based estimates of poverty and wealth are increasingly being used to guide the targeting of humanitarian aid and the allocation of social assistance. However, the ground truth labels used to train these models are typically borrowed from existing surveys that were designed to produce national statistics -- not to train machine learning
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Mapping New Informal Settlements using Machine Learning and Time Series Satellite Images: An Application in the Venezuelan Migration Crisis [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2014, nearly 2 million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia to escape an economically devastated country during what is one of the largest humanitarian crises in modern history. Non-government organizations and local government units are faced with the challenge of identifying, assessing, and monitoring rapidly growing migrant communities in order ...
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