title: World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?
authors.affiliation: Humanitarian Technical Unit, Save the Children, London, UK Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK F.Checchi@savethechildren.org.uk.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Checchi
authors.affiliation: Doctors of the World USA, New York, USA Global Health Department, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.affiliation: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA Institute for Global Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ager
authors.affiliation: Department of Population Health, School of Medicine, New York University, USA.
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Asgary
authors.affiliation: Malteser International, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Marie T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Benner
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.affiliation: International Rescue Committee, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: d'Harcourt
authors.affiliation: François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leaning
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia.
authors.forename: Moses B F
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Massaquoi
authors.affiliation: Global Evaluative Sciences, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Moresky
authors.affiliation: Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: ECOHOST-the Centre for Health and Social Change, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors.forename: Bayard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Toole
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Woodruff
authors.affiliation: Health, Rights and Development (HEARD@UNSW), School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Zwi
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014943:Global Health; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D058996:Quality Improvement; D000067398:War-Related Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*