| Description |
xi, 119 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Publicación científica ; no. 575 |
|
Publicaciones científicas (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 575
|
| Contents |
General effects of disasters on health -- Structuring health disaster management -- Disaster preparedness -- Disaster mitigation in the health sector -- Coordination of disaster response activities and assessment of health needs -- Mass casualty management -- Epidemiologic surveillance and disease control -- Environmental health management -- Food and nutrition -- Planning, layout, and management of temporary settlements and camps -- Communications and transport -- Managing humanitarian relief supplies -- International humanitarian assistance -- Reestablishing normal health programs |
| Summary |
This work is aimed primarily at health sector professionals who participate in disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation. The intersectoral perspective is now so essential, however, that anyone interested in disaster reduction will find here a useful primer. Public health students and professors also can rely on this book as a manual for formal or informal courses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (pages 111-119) |
| Subject |
Emergency medical services.
|
|
Emergency management.
|
|
Disaster relief.
|
|
Natural disasters -- Health aspects.
|
|
Disaster medicine.
|
| Author |
Pan American Health Organization.
|
| ISBN |
9275115753 |
|
