Murat Akova (Ankara, Turkey)
Marian Bartkovjak (Haiti)
George Benca (Cambodia)
Timona Benson (Mukuru, Kenya)
Beldjebel Irad (Beirut, Lebanon)
Nasir Jalili (Afghanistan)
Eric Kalavsky (Austria)
Max Philippe (Burundi)
Andrea Shahum (USA)
Aim
of the Working Group
• Investigate ID (surveillance),
antibiotic practises and resistance development in areas
of natural disasters, catastrophes and conflicts
• Summarize results of data on ID, etiology and
ATB resistance from affected areas, respond with control
measures
• Educate doctors, nurses, MPH`s to prepare on
epidemics in areas of disasters
Background There
is very little data and no prospective research possible
in the field of disaster medicine, including infectious diseases.
“Unpredictability” is an inherent element of
a disaster situation.
After World War II the illusion of world peace disappeared
5 years later with the Korean War when, for first time, biological
weapons were officially used on insects and rats infected
with bubonic plague. Thus, both anthropogenic and natural
disasters belong to everyday life. Medical conditions related
to these unexpected events are different:
a. Affects masses of patients (population)
b. Appear unexpectedly
c. Public and health sector is unprepared
Medical consequences of disasters are i) immediate, ii) consequential
or iii) late and may be apparent or latent (1,2). Infectious
diseases belong to ii) and iii).
Further
Information For further information, click here.
Report Click here to view a report of the meeting of the ISC Working
Group on Infections in Catastrophic Areas (ICA) held on 31st
March 2007 in Munich, Germany.
Meetings The ISC Working Group on Infections in Catastrophic Areas
has (co-)organized the following meetings and symposia:
March 2007
Symposium: “Infections
and antimicrobial practices in areas with unstable infrastructure” at
the 25th ICC / 17th ECCMID, Munich, Germany
2011
