He said preventive measures to strengthen geologically fragile areas were more economically sound than tackling emergencies, "which result in unsustainable costs for the population with no effective savings for public coffers".
Such damage also creates indirect interruption in economic activities; people change their consumption behavior, government mobilizes funds in order to tackle emergency situations, and difficult changes must be made in investment decisions.
(Past participant, urban, male) "In private practice it is difficult to tackle emergency C-section as blood, and an anaesthetist may not be readily available".
The rich-country energy club keeps its vast reserves of oil to tackle emergencies caused by unforeseen supply disruptions.
Russian scientists said privately that nuclear technicians were being flown in to take turns in tackling the emergency, so as to reduce their exposure to radiation.
Russian scientists said privately that nuclear technicians were being flown in from around the Soviet Union to take turns in tackling the emergency, so as to reduce their exposure to radiation.
The participant countries – Germany, Britain, France, the US, Canada, Japan and Italy – would work on initiatives to combat disease and help countries around the world react to epidemics, including a fund within the World Bank dedicated to tackling health emergencies, Merkel announced at a press conference after the summit formally ended on Monday afternoon.
Stephen Lewis of the UN children's fund says that the combination of hunger and AIDS "is the most ferocious assault on women ever", and calls for donors to rethink how they should tackle the emergency.
Before the summit David Cameron put pressure on his fellow European leaders to step up their humanitarian relief, pledging another £115m to tackle the emergency, taking the UK's total contribution in the region to £1.1bn.
(Past participant, urban, male) "Now here we are, single handed practitioner, and without teamwork; to tackle such emergency is difficult".
Private obstetricians said that they usually avoid a trial of normal labour and delivery as it increases the chance of emergency Caesarean delivery, which is always challenging in single doctor practices without ready availability of blood and an anaesthetist: "Now here we are, single handed practitioner, and without teamwork; to tackle such emergency is difficult".
