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. 1999 Aug 14;319(7207):422-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7207.422.

Lessons learnt and future expectations of complex emergencies

F M Burkle  1
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Lessons learnt and future expectations of complex emergencies

F M Burkle. BMJ. .
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In the developing world, urban populations will start to outnumber rural ones in under 20 years (from International Food Policy Research Institute; based on United Nations data)
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Rwandans displaced by ethnic violence in 1998
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The UN Mission for Somalia in 1996: an attempt to restore order to a country plunged into chaos after a coup
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