Dear list members.. As a Public Health workers I do not know how you informed about eartquake in Turkey.. In this first mail..I would like to inform you you may ask all kind of questions or sugestions to me.. I will send informative and help request mail to you especilally in our area.. As you know to regulate this catastroph will take time like 2-3 years and turkey will need helps especially protocols, your experience, suggestions included all kind financial help of you.. here you'll find some information on affected zone.. We are expect 25-30.000 death..more than 100.000 injured.. Number Estimated phsically affected person is more than 15 milion.. All nation affected physicolagically..Waiting new eartquakes..Cannot stay at home.. 30-35% of Turkish economy lost..Means GNP decreased in 1 minutes 30-35%.. 1999 GNP per person was arround 2.000 USD per year. Also very bad distributed.. Middle and long term..we need collaboration in project based and not only governmental level.. so..some bad news from this side of the world.. We all sad and going to burn-out syndrom every minute.. sincerely H.İbrahim Durak MD Ege University Faculty Of Medicine (Tıp Fak.) Medical Education Unit (Tıp Eğitimi Birimi) Fakülte Kütüphanesi 35100 Bornova-İzmir /TURKEY Phone:+90 232 343 43 43 / 4636 http://www.med.ege.edu.tr/