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Is this an emergency? [24] |
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Assumed baseline |
Emergency threshold |
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| Centres for Disease Control, Medecins Sans Frontiers Epicentre |
Fixed at: CMR: 0.5 per 10,000 per day Under 5 MR: 1 per 10,000 per day |
Emergency if: CMR: >1 per 10,000 per day Under 5 MR: >2 per 10,000 per day |
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| UNHCR |
Fixed at: CMR: 0.5 per 10,000 per day Under 5 MR: 1 per 10,000 per day |
Definitions*: CMR: >1 per 10,000 per day 'very serious' CMR: >2 per 10,000 per day 'out of control' CMR: >5 per 10,000 per day 'major catastrophe' * Double each count for <5 MR |
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| Sphere project |
Context specific CMR (<5 MR) Sub-Saharan Africa: 0.44 (1.14) Latin America: 0.16 (0.19) South Asia: 0.25 (0.59) Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union: 0.30 (0.20) |
Emergency if: CMR (<5 MR) Sub-Saharan Africa: 0.9 (2.3) Latin America: 0.3 (0.4) South Asia: 0.5 (1.2) Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union: 0.6 (0.4) |
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Definitions for emergency status thresholds | ||
Mills et al. Conflict and Health 2008 2:9 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-2-9 |
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