title: [Improvement of sanitation conditions in the liberated Croatian regions after the "Storm" campaign--the Lika-Senj County example].
abstract: More than 6,000 sq km of the central and southern areas of the Republic of Croatia were liberated by the Storm campaign, August 4-7, 1995. On August 8, 1995, the Ministry of Health sent expert teams to the newly liberated areas, in order to ensure the basic conditions for the displaced persons to return and live there. To describe the public health measures taken we used the example of the Lika-Senj County (3,746 sq km and 71,215 population). Until October 1, 1995, 50 bodies, killed in action, were detected, pathologically and forensically examined, and then buried. Two hundred and thirty-three mostly elderly and sick persons were admitted to the reception center in Gospić; 93 of them returned to their homes, 133 were accommodated with their relatives and friends, and seven were referred for treatment (four of them died). Two hundred and ten cattle carcasses were buried using adequate sanitation measures, whereas 5,575 sheep, 3,138 head of horned cattle, 298 head of hoofed animals and 300 head of other cattle were caught alive. The procedures of disinfection, disinfestation and disodoration were performed in 720 apartments, 2 hotels, 3 schools, one kindergarten, one health care unit, one sports hall and 5 shops. The main water pump was cleared of mines and partially repaired, whereas some 20 water supply objects were placed under surveillance. Three food depots were found and properly treated. The entire territory was closely observed for a possible occurrence of infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za javno zdravstvo grada Zagreba, Zagreb.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Puntarić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krajcar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosnir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prgomet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brkljacić
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ribić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Margaretić
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lovrić
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D006801:Humans; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012066:Relief Work; D014857:Warfare
vernacular_title: Asanacija oslobodenih podrucja Hrvatske nakon akcije "Oluja"--primjer Licko-senjske zupanije.