Essays about: "Haiti Earthquake"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words Haiti Earthquake.

  1. 6. Blockchain Based Electronic Health Record Management For Mass Crisis Scenarios : A Feasibility Study

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Filippo Boiani; [2018]
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    Abstract : Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are both crucial and sensitive as they contain essential information and are frequently shared among different parties including hospitals, pharmacies or private clinics. This information must remain correct, up to date, private, and accessible only to the authorized people. READ MORE

  3. 7. Missing out on childhood - the impact of natural disasters on Haitian children's rights

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Andra-Iustina Covaciu; [2018]
    Keywords : children s rights; natural disasters; vulnerability; state capacity; prevention; international national legislation; causes and measures; institutional duties;

    Abstract : Children’s rights are human rights, regardless their vulnerability and dependence on adults. However, the situation of children’s rights in Haiti has always been delicate and it became even more fragile in the aftermath of the 2010 Earthquake and the 2016 Hurricane Matthew. READ MORE

  4. 8. Responsibility failure or too high expectations? : From humanitarian crisis to legal dispute in cholera-struck Haiti

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linn Zettergren; [2018]
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    Abstract : In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti 2010 a second disaster hit the small Caribbean country. This time in the shape of a cholera epidemic, imported by Nepalese UN soldiers. The disease outbreak culminated in a previously unpresented lawsuit against the United Nations in which their principle of absolute immunity was questioned. READ MORE

  5. 9. Celebrities in Haiti and depiction of their relief efforts in media

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Erika Konovalova; [2016]
    Keywords : haiti; celebrities;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTIn the last decade, celebrities’ philanthropic activism has emerged into the global phenomena. In order to raise the awareness about the global problems and suffering of others, as well as increase public funding of humanitarian organizations, celebrity figures are becoming ever more representative for the humanitarianism issues between the global North and South. READ MORE

  6. 10. Impact of External Situational Factors on the Agility of Humanitarian Supply Chains : A Case Study of Haiti Earthquake 2010

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Wachauf-Tautermann; Stefanie Weichert; [2015]
    Keywords : Supply chain management; Humanitarian logistics; Agility; Disaster relief operations; Haiti; External environment;

    Abstract : Background Developing, emerging and developed countries are vulnerable to disasters and might require external assistance to cope with their aftermaths. It is forecasted that disasters will increase five-fold over the next 50 years. READ MORE