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cord-018116-99z6ykb2	Healing, Tim	Surveillance and Control of Communicable Disease in Conflicts and Disasters	2009		.txt	text/plain	8922	479	52	They must be able to • assess the health status of the population affected and identify the main health priorities • monitor the development and determine the severity of any health emergency that develops (including monitoring the incidence of and case fatality rates from diseases, receiving early warning of epidemics and monitoring responses) At first sight, undertaking public health activities in emergencies, especially in conflicts, may seem to be difficult or impossible. In other types of disaster public health activities may be expected to be less affected by the security situation than in a war (although aid workers may be at risk if populations are severely deprived of resources such as food, shelter, water, or cash), and with limited access and damage to communication systems and other parts of the infrastructure assessment, surveillance and control activities can be severely restricted.	./cache/cord-018116-99z6ykb2.txt	./txt/cord-018116-99z6ykb2.txt