Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 244-248 , July 2005

Training of Health Care Professionals on the Special Needs of Children in the Management of Disasters: Experience in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

  • Karen Olness, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Karen Olness, MD, Director, Rainbow Center for International Child Health, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-6038
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  • Madhumita Sinha, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Rainbow Center for International Child Health (Drs Olness, Herran, Cheren), Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Dr Sinha), Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz; and Department of Pediatrics (Dr Pairojkul), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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  • Marisa Herran, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Rainbow Center for International Child Health (Drs Olness, Herran, Cheren), Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Dr Sinha), Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz; and Department of Pediatrics (Dr Pairojkul), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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  • Mark Cheren, EdD

      Affiliations

    • From the Rainbow Center for International Child Health (Drs Olness, Herran, Cheren), Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Dr Sinha), Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz; and Department of Pediatrics (Dr Pairojkul), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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  • Srivieng Pairojkul, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Rainbow Center for International Child Health (Drs Olness, Herran, Cheren), Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Dr Sinha), Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Ariz; and Department of Pediatrics (Dr Pairojkul), Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Received 22 July 2004 ,Accepted 2 April 2005.

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PII: S1530-1567(05)60210-9

doi: 10.1367/A04-122R2.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 244-248 , July 2005

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