DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal)

Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness Journal©️aka the Purple Journal, is published by SDMPH, supported by NCDMPH. All content is fully peer-reviewed

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

Call for Papers The recent serial hurricanes – have been classified among the worst catastrophes ... https://t.co/AjftMeVk4R to @PurpleDmphp

[Italo Subbarao DO, MBA @DO_Subbarao]

I came across a book that I edited many years ago. The core sentiment remains true today as it did then. More lives can be saved by empowering bystanders to take the right actions during an emergency! #CPR #AED #CitizenReady #FirstAid #HiROdrone #DoctorsThatDO

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

6.1 magnitude #earthquake hits Osaka, Japan, but did not trigger a tsunami warning and nuclear plants in the area are operating normally. Child and two men dead and hundreds injured #SendaiFramework #ResilienceForAll https://t.co/ow87YsLQnQ

[Elizabeth @ehansford]

The latest Emergency Preparedness Daily! https://t.co/mEkeJZ42Oi Thanks to @Jiujitsu45 @UN @RIRedCross #emergencypreparedness #emergency

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

cities, not states, will be the organizing principle for health in the 21st century... https://t.co/QD2YnNXVVI

[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @HarvardChanSPH]

Think locally, act locally

"Nation-states were the organizing principle of public health in the 20th century. Cities are going to be the organizing principle for health in the 21st century,” says @ashishkjha.

[David T. Dyjack, Dr.PH, CIH @DTDyjack]

One Planet. One Health. @nehaorg https://t.co/FBhFjZMGqv

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

spend a day with a refugee in Brussels https://t.co/livgqCFpEu

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

Journalist 📹

Interpreter 👄

Loves a cup of tea ☕

Refugee

Spend a day with Abbas in Brussels 🇧🇪

- #WorldRefugeeDay

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

a phone in a drone ... kits will help communication https://t.co/Qiqh1Jlfun

[AOA @AOAforDOs]

“Embedded inside the kit is a smartphone, which enables a live video chat between the injured party and the physician,” said @DO_Subbarao, an associate dean at @WmCareyU who led the team developing the drone. https://t.co/ATveiMzM1N

[Dr. Umair A. Shah (MD, MPH) @ushahmd]

Appreciated opportunity to meet colleagues @gatesfoundation - doing amazing work and a gr8 sense of style! / #globalhealth is #health / #Seattle / @hcphtx @NACCHOalerts

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

NEW: Children in these U.S. ‘hotspots’ are at higher risk for vaccine-preventable infections because of parents opting their kids out of vaccinations for non-medical reasons, study finds. My story. https://t.co/woxPkgK4RP

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

Success of needle exchange program in Baltimore https://t.co/kr4RToEllc

[Leana Wen, M.D. @DrLeanaWen]

We started Needle Exchange in #Baltimore 25 years ago. We reduced #HIV infection due to IV drug use from 63% in 1994 to 7% in 2014 #AtlanticHealingDivide @SCClemons @AtlanticLIVE @TheAtlantic

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

dont forget webinar on Disaster Health Training https://t.co/GycEPcrysm

[Harvard University @Harvard]

Poor diet and air pollution are two of the leading drivers of disease across the world, says @harvardmed professor Aaron Bernstein https://t.co/YddMp3FtmL

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

Polio may re-emerge in Venezuela, nearly 30 years after eradication @CNN https://t.co/itkn1c0MGk

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

Whooping cough cases rise and fall cyclically in Southern California; here’s what parents need to know https://t.co/pa3eoPC9gz

[RBM Partnership @endmalaria]

Congratulations and #FelicidadesParaguay on being officially certified #malaria-free by @WHO today! This is huge: Paraguay is the first country in the Americas to be granted this status in 45 years. #ReadyToBeatMalaria https://t.co/dmjB061NzV

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The economic cost of natural disasters worldwide is some $520 billion.
The need to encourage & invest in environmentally sound technologies to promote climate resilience is clear. #climatechange #ResilienceForAll @unisdr https://t.co/PntVMWnxmp

[Amesh Adalja @AmeshAA]

“Of the 2500 cases of hepatitis A infection reported between January 2017 and April 2018, 68% were among persons who reported drug use (injection and non-injection), homelessness, or both.” https://t.co/YxqYcAdlZy

[LEPH2026 @LEPH2026]

Dr Oscar Alleyne, to be key speaker at #LEPH2018. He is a Senior Advisor for Public Health Programs @NACCHOalerts covering: Infectious Disease and Informatics, Public Health Preparedness, Pandemic and Catastrophic Preparedness, and Environmental Health.
https://t.co/ckRYQEw5Vx

[Against Disasters @AgainstDisaster]

There are some places where #disasters strike again, and again, and again. Check them out in these infographics: https://t.co/kIduIxsz7U

[DMPHP Journal (Purple Journal) @PurpleDmphp]

"Uber-like flight-hailing ..." https://t.co/huqwIMlevS

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Analysis: Los Angeles sky taxi takes off in bid to create Uber-like flight-hailing https://t.co/PVQwKSIqQZ