Medical Consultations After Typhoon Haiyan in a Field Hospital in the Philippines.

Julita Gil-CuestaJoris Adriaan Frank van LoenhoutMaria Lourdes de Lara BanquesioMasniza MustaffaDebarati Guha-Sapir

Published in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2020)

ARI was the most prevalent diagnosis. We recommend ARI treatments being fully accessible after such a disaster. During the first week, injury prevention should focus on adult men. Studies after natural disasters should include control periods to better understand disease distribution, ultimately improving the prioritization in disasters.

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