Director's Comments: Learning from the Disaster Response in the Philippines

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on "Learning from the Disaster Response in the Philippines". The transcript is also available. The medical and public health response after the typhoon in the Philippines last November was more effective than recent emergency, relief attempts because first responders followed local planning efforts, suggests a perspective recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine...

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Source: What's New on MedlinePlus - May 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news