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100			_aDrysdale, Sean, et al.
245			_aThe use of cluster sampling to determine aid needs in Gorzny, Chechnya in 1995
260			_c2000
300			_ap.217-27
362			_aSep
520			_aWar broke out in Chechnya in November 1994 following a three-year economic blockade. It caused widespread destruction in the capital Grozny. In April 1995 Medical Relief International - or Merlin, a British medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) - began a programme to provide medical supplies, support health centres, control communicable disease and promote preventive health-care in Grozny. In July 1995 the agency undertook a city-wide needs assessment using a modification of the cluster sampling technique developed by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. This showed that most people had enough drinking-water, food and fuel but that provision of medical care was inadequate. The survey allowed Merlin to redirect resources earmarked for a clean water programme towards health education and improving primary health-care services. It also showed that rapid assessment by a statistically satisfactory method is both possible and useful in such a situation. - Reproduced
650			_aMedicare
650			_aPoor - Medical care - Chechnya
650			_aMedical aid - Chechnya
650			_aHealth services
773			_aDisasters
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999			_c46480 _d46480