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    <Title>Nepal Earthquake Response</Title>
    <Tagline>The Conversation with Dr. Bissell</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content">In response to a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal 
          over the weekend, Richard Bissell wrote about the international relief 
          effort in <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-works-and-doesnt-in-disaster-health-response-40890" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><em>The Conversation</em></a>.
           Bissell, a professor of emergency health services, along with his 
          colleague Thomas Kirsch at Johns Hopkins Medicine, analyzed what can be 
          done to improve and effectively maximize resources of international 
          health-oriented disaster responses.<br><br>Read the entire article here:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-works-and-doesnt-in-disaster-health-response-40890" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://theconversation.com/what-works-and-doesnt-in-disaster-health-response-40890 </a><br>
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    <Summary>In response to a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal  over the weekend, Richard Bissell wrote about the international relief  effort in The Conversation.  Bissell, a professor of...</Summary>
    <Website>https://theconversation.com/classquake-what-the-global-media-missed-in-nepal-earthquake-coverage-41063</Website>
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    <PostedAt>Mon, 04 May 2015 11:36:17 -0400</PostedAt>
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