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Children affected by Hurricane Katrina in Washington Parish, Louisiana participate in one of several community-building rituals developed by the Program on Forced Migration and Health and Save the Children. Click here for story.

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Study Finds Healthcare Workers in New York Area May Be Unable or Unwilling to Report
to Work During Certain Types of Catastrophic Events
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health assessed the ability and willingness of more than 6,000 New York metropolitan area healthcare workers to report to work in the event of disasters involving weapons of mass destruction or virulent infectious disease outbreaks. Of those who participated in the anonymous survey, 87% from 47 facilities in and around New York City indicate that they would be able to report for work in the event of a mass casualty incident and 81% would be able to go to work if there was an environmental disaster. However, only 69% of the workers said that they would be able to reporting for work during a smallpox epidemic.
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Mailman School Receives $10 Million NCI Grant to Study Interventions for Reducing Skin Cancer Risk from Arsenic-contaminated Water
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health have been awarded a $10 million grant from National Cancer Institute (NCI) to conduct a chemoprevention trial of 4,500 adults in Bangladesh who have been exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water in order to reduce the high rates of skin cancer and other cancers in this population. The Mailman School is combining its research efforts with the Centre for Health and Population Research, an internationally renowned public health research institution based in Bangladesh, to investigate whether vitamin E and/or selenium has a beneficial effect in reducing skin and other cancers.
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Mailman School's National Center for Disaster Preparedness Partners with the Children's Health Fund to Launch "Operation Assist;" Efforts Underway to Include Environmental Health Outreach Programs
Following the devastation Hurricane Katrina left behind in southern Louisiana and Mississippi, the Mailman School's National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) joined forces with the Children's Health Fund (CHF), a health and advocacy organization that provides comprehensive healthcare to medically underserved children in communities throughout the U.S., to create "Operation Assist," a program providing direct health services to children and families in the areas hardest hit by the hurricane through custom-designed, fully equipped, state-of-the-art mobile medical units (MMUs).
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School Launches New Global Health Track
Five new disciplinary-based tracks in global health are now being offered at the Mailman School. This innovative, comprehensive program encourages students to delve more deeply into the complexities of global issues and solutions, rather than skimming the surface in isolated courses.
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