A quick scan of the public health horizon

Merci !

On peut donc dire que la population de l’Inde s’élève à 1,2 arab personnes…
▻http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Numbering_System

the long, undramatic recovery is going to be the hard part: finding work and housing for the homeless and dealing with the predictable aftermath of dengue, malaria, diarrhea, and leptospirosis. (Ironically, dengue in India seems to thrive in messy, muddy construction sites—just like those that will soon be springing up in the storm-hit areas.)

▻http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2013/10/a-quick-scan-of-the-public-health-horizon.html

Le NYT a vu :

Quick Evacuation Efforts Help India Minimize Deaths From Cyclone
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/world/asia/india-cyclone.html?_r=2&

The success of the evacuation operation was possible largely because of vast improvements in the country’s physical infrastructure and communication systems, although the police found it necessary, at times, to coerce reluctant villagers to leave their mud and thatch homes, which were vulnerable to high winds and drenching rain, local officials said.
(...)

Change can come slowly to India. The caste system still predominates, grinding poverty remains endemic and clean water is rare. But the effective response to the threat this weekend demonstrates that Indians are transforming their country, particularly in the ways that they communicate and get their news.

Nearly a billion people routinely use cellphones in India, up from fewer than 40 million a decade ago. Even many of the poorest villages now have televisions, and India’s numerous 24-hour news channels have blanketed the nation’s airwaves with coverage of the storm.

#mobile #télévision #information