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Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident. Results of the IPHECA pilot projects and related national programmes. Scientific report. International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA)

Abstract

Since the Chernobyl accident, massive efforts have been made by the governmental authorities to mitigate the effects, to provide diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to those affected and to investigate the effects on health which had occurred. Vast amounts of resources have and continue to be expended in supporting these efforts. In 1991, WHO officially joined this effort through the establishment by the World Health Assembly of the International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA). The objectives of this Programme were: to contribute to the efforts to alleviate the health consequences of the accident by assisting health authorities in Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine; to consolidate the experience gained from treatment of over-exposure and from various practical interventions and thereby improve medical preparedness for the future; and to acquire data in the fields of radiation epidemiology and medical response to disasters. IPHECA initially concentrated on five priority areas, and pilot projects were developed for implementation in Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine for each: thyroid, haematology, brain damage in-utero, epidemiological registry and oral health (only in Belarus). This publication is intended to fulfil a number of purposes. It provides an account of what was accomplished during the pilot  More>>
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1996
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
WHO/EHG-95.19
Reference Number:
SCA: 560151; 560161; 560101; 570100; PA: AIX-30:030733; EDB-99:072080; SN: 99002115883
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Refs, figs, tabs; PBD: 1996
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; 57 HEALTH AND SAFETY; BELARUS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY PLANS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUSES; HEMATOLOGY; MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC ANXIETY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THERAPY; THYROID; UKRAINE; WHO
OSTI ID:
359400
Research Organizations:
World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva (Switzerland)
Country of Origin:
WHO
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE99626393; ISBN 5-88429-010-1; TRN: XW9900128030733
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE99626393
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
519 p.
Announcement Date:
Aug 23, 1999

Citation Formats

None. Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident. Results of the IPHECA pilot projects and related national programmes. Scientific report. International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA). WHO: N. p., 1996. Web.
None. Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident. Results of the IPHECA pilot projects and related national programmes. Scientific report. International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA). WHO.
None. 1996. "Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident. Results of the IPHECA pilot projects and related national programmes. Scientific report. International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA)." WHO.
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title = {Health consequences of the Chernobyl accident. Results of the IPHECA pilot projects and related national programmes. Scientific report. International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA)}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {Since the Chernobyl accident, massive efforts have been made by the governmental authorities to mitigate the effects, to provide diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to those affected and to investigate the effects on health which had occurred. Vast amounts of resources have and continue to be expended in supporting these efforts. In 1991, WHO officially joined this effort through the establishment by the World Health Assembly of the International Programme on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA). The objectives of this Programme were: to contribute to the efforts to alleviate the health consequences of the accident by assisting health authorities in Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine; to consolidate the experience gained from treatment of over-exposure and from various practical interventions and thereby improve medical preparedness for the future; and to acquire data in the fields of radiation epidemiology and medical response to disasters. IPHECA initially concentrated on five priority areas, and pilot projects were developed for implementation in Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine for each: thyroid, haematology, brain damage in-utero, epidemiological registry and oral health (only in Belarus). This publication is intended to fulfil a number of purposes. It provides an account of what was accomplished during the pilot phase of IPHECA. It discusses the protocols which were developed and used, summarizes the investigations which were carried out and reports on the instrumentation, supplies and training programmes which were provided. The publication also describes and discusses the results which have been obtained to date and identifies the still existing gaps in knowledge Refs, figs, tabs}
place = {WHO}
year = {1996}
month = {Dec}
}