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Caring for Children Amidst Chaos: Guidelines to Maintain Health Adrian Burton Abstract
It is a simple fact that young children are among those most likely to die during crises of famine, war, and natural disasters. Relief agencies responding to these events do their utmost to save as many young lives as possible as well as maintain the standard of health care enjoyed before disaster hit. A new report suggests that these agencies’ efficiency in safeguarding child health might be improved if a set of common, comprehensive, evidence-based clinical guidelines were developed and available for use by all. Generating a single resource will require a great deal of time, money, and effort as well as answers to questions such as who should lead the effort.
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