title: Preparedness for humanitarian crises needs to be improved.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, PO Box 7608, Nasr City 11371, Cairo, Egypt. musania@emro.who.int
authors.forename: Altaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musani
authors.forename: Irshad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shaikh
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D008877:Middle East; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014857:Warfare; D014944:World Health Organization