Natural disasters protecting the public's health. - Pan American Health Organization (Washington, DC Pan American Health Organization, 2000)
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 supples -- International humanitarian assistance - Reestablishing normal health programs -- Annex I: Implementing a national disaster mitigation program for hospitals -- Annex II: SUMA - A humanitarian supply management system -- Annex III: International health humanitarian assistance -- Annex IV: External agencies providing health humanitarian assistance-- Selected bibliography and on-line information sources.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-119)
Keywords: Natural disasters -- Health aspects; Emergency medical services; Disaster Planning -- methods; Disasters; Emergency Medical Services; Public Health