In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, for example, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and other partners conducted emergency campaigns to immunize almost 2 million children against preventable diseases such as measles, diphtheria and polio.
Additionally, differences at an individual level may open future possibilities of early screening for risk of PTSD development in the immediate aftermath of trauma for targeted early intervention.
For example, in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, 7.5 percent of New Yorkers who lived in Manhattan below 110th Street that is, in the general area of the World Trade Center were found to be suffering from PTSD.
For example, in the immediate aftermath of the 1998 reports U.S. President Clinton requested that the National Bioethics Advisory Commission advise on next steps[25] which was followed by actions from the NIH, FDA, the Institute of Medicine, Congress and two presidents to craft U.S. domestic federal policy that is still somewhat unsettled.
The leader of the opposition, in the immediate aftermath of the bombings, asked for just such an inquiry.
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, caring for the dead and wounded were paramount.
Some of the first Neorealist masterpieces — Roberto Rossellini's "Open City" and "Paisan," for example — were stories of war staged in the immediate aftermath of the fighting.
For example, it has been proposed that in the immediate aftermath of trauma perceived posttraumatic growth can be seen as a cognitive coping mechanism, but after some time actual growth might develop [ 11].
Support for tougher gun control, for instance, often spikes temporarily in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting.
BALTIMORE — In the immediate aftermath of his most recent outing for the Yankees, Phil Hughes anticipated that he would have a tough time sleeping for a couple of nights.
In the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic flood, people care less about dollar-for-dollar reimbursement for damages and more about whether their business will survive at all.
