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These guidelines aim at presenting a framework that an administrator can rely on to make effective decisions in managing the health sector’s activities to reduce the consequences of disasters.
This publication summarizes the more comprehensive guidelines, emphasizing who should use them, when and why. It includes recommendations on how to promote their use among national authorities,...
In the current global situation, characterized by conditions of inequity and extreme poverty, environmental degradation and climate change have caused an increase in the occurrence of natural...
Natural disasters, to which many countries in the region of the Americas are prone, can seriously jeopardize progress made in the area of environmental health. Physical disruption of...
Conclusions and Recommendations from the Evaluation Meeting.
More than 400 professionals from 48 countries met at this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for...
The following topics will be detailed in the checklist: 1. Elements relating to the geographic location of the health facility to be evaluated (mark with an X where applicable). 2. Structural...
This publication echoes the 1981 Emergency Health Management after Natural Disaster (Scientific Publication No. 407), but it is a whole new book, with a fresh organization and much new content. It...
This manual focuses on operational aspects of disaster and emergency response as well as preparing for disasters. It addresses plans for communicating with the public during emergencies and...