Bosnia and
Herzogovinia
The International Emergency and Refugee Health
Branch (IERHB) played a major roll in CDC's response to complex emergency in
Bosnia. This response included providing health officers to the Office of
Foreign Disaster Assistance for both assessments and Disaster Assistance
Response Teams.As part of the CDC and
Landmine Survivors Network’s (LSN)cooperative agreement, IERHB
supports LSN’s landmine survivors peer support network.
Kosovo
International Emergency and Refugee Health Branch
(IERHB) staff played a major role in the international community's response to
the war in Kosovo. The branch provided
health coordinators to the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in
Macedonia. We assisted nongovernmental organizations in providing immunization
services to refugees. Our staff conducted
a province-wide mental health and trauma survey, and a province-wide mortality
survey.