Infection surveillance after a natural disaster: lessons learnt from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011

• Main Authors: Osuke Iwata (Author), Tomoharu Oki (Author), Aiko Ishiki (Author), Masaaki Shimanuki (Author), Toru Fuchimukai (Author), Toru Chosa (Author), Shoichi Chida (Author), Yasuhide Nakamura (Author), Hiroji Shima (Author), Michihiro Kanno (Author), Toyojiro Matsuishi (Author), Mikihito Ishiki (Author), Daisaku Urabe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Problem On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake produced a catastrophic tsunami that devastated the city of Rikuzen-Takata and left it without an effective health infrastructure and at increased risk of outbreaks of disease. Approach On 2 May 2011, a disease-surveillance team was formed of...