NEJM -- Protecting the Children of Haiti

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Parents died and families were splintered as a result of the earthquake. In the rush to provide emergency care, injured adults and children were often scattered, taken to the nearest available health care facilities, and sometimes transferred, without records, to other centers. This situation prevailed for a month, during which time little, if any, demographic or registration information was collected at sites of care or settlement. Critical early opportunities to record, identify, and trace children and families were lost. The lack of data has impaired all aspects of child-protection efforts.

 

 

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp1001820?query=TOC

 

Thank you very much.

With warm personal regards,

 

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;PGCHFWM; FAIMS;FIMS;MA (Phil);MAE (Epidemiology) Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, CHHEB, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.

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