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Monitoring health in the war-affected areas of the former Yugoslavia, 1992-1993
Authors:HEALING, TIMOTHY D.   DRYSDALE, SEAN F.   BLACK, MARY E.   BUYERS, MARTA   ACHESON, E. DONALD   WALDMAN, RON   HALL, SUSAN M.   BARTLETT, CHRISTOPHER L.R.
Abstract:In October 1992 the World Health Organization (WHO) set up ahealth monitoring programme in the former Yugoslavia to obtaininformation on communicable disease upon which to base decisionsabout medical aid requirements. This paper covers the firstyear of the programme (October 1992–October 1993) anddetails the steps taken to set it up. Information was soughtfrom personal contacts, ‘ad hoc’ sources (UnitedNations agencies and non-governmental organizations) and thehealth authorities of the regions of former Yugoslavia. An attemptwas made to establish a sentinel monitoring system to provideroutine data to allow health predictions to be made. A bulletinwas produced to disseminate surveillance results and healthadvice. The system obtained sufficient data (mostly from ‘adhoc’ sources) for WHO to take informed decisions aboutmedical aid but the sentinel system was not established successfully.
Keywords:World Health Organization   former Yugoslavia   surveillance   communicable disease   war
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