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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...
This Field Manual for First Responders presents simple recommendations for non-specialists to manage the recovery, basic identification, storage and disposal of dead bodies following disasters. It...
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...
This manual provides the technical information that will support the correct approach to handling dead bodies, taking into account the following principles:
When death is the result of a...
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 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...
These guidelines have been prepared to help integrate and mainstream the concerns and issues related to older persons into disaster risk management programmes and processes. They outline...
This book offers the basic knowledge required for health and mental health workers inthe area of mental health and psychosocial support for populations affected by disasters.