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Disasters: Introduction and State of the Art
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC
Correspondence to Dr. Eric K. Noji, CDC Washington Office, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 719-B, Washington, DC 20201 (e-mail: exn1@cdc.gov).
Received for publication January 23, 2005; accepted for publication March 18, 2005.
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Fifteen years have passed since the last update on this topic was published in Epidemiologic Reviews (1
) and 24 years since the first (2). In the intervening years, disaster prevention, mitigation, and preparedness have evolved in important ways (3). Clearly, it was time to update the last review. Fifteen years ago, disaster management was simply left to a few dedicated professionals. Roles were clear: Rescue workers rushed to help victims, and certain agencies stepped in to provide temporary shelter and food. Usually within weeks after the disaster's impact, most people forgot about the disaster—until the next one came to wreak new destruction. Unfortunately, disasters throughout the world, such as the series of four destructive hurricanes that struck the southeast coast of the United States from August to September of 2004 (4) and the tsunami disaster in December 2004, have provided ample opportunities to test the policies
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