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Emergency preparedness and disaster relief coordination program in the Americas
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 1979) -
Disasters, Preparedness and Mitigacion in the Americas. n. 73, Jul., 1998
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 1998-07) -
Establishing a mass casuality management system
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2001) -
Stress Management in Disasters
(Washington, D.C., Pan American Health Organization, 2001) -
Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2004)[Introduction]: This manual provides the technical information that will support the correct approach to handling dead bodies, taking into account the following principles: a) When death is the result of a disaster, the ... -
CSP27/12: Safe Hospitals: A Regional Initiative on Disaster-resilient Health Facilities
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2007) -
Roundtable on Safe Hospitals
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2009) -
Report on the Roundtable on Safe Hospitals: A Goal within Our Reach
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2009) -
Essential Medicines List for Emergencies and Disasters in the Caribbean
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2012)This technical document is a result of the inter-programmatic work of PAHO/ WHO’s Area of Health Systems Based on Primary Health Care/Medicines and Health Technologies and the Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster ... -
CD53.R9: Plan of Action for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance
(Washington, D.C), PAHO, 2014) -
WHO's Work in Health Emergency Management: WHO Health Emergencies Program
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2016) -
Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders. Second (revised) Edition
(Geneva, PAHO, 2016-10)[Foreword]. Natural disasters can have catastrophic consequences, causing large numbers of deaths and overwhelming local and even regional emergency response services. Local organizations and communities are usually ... -
Opening Remarks by the Outgoing President of the Pan American Sanitary Conference, Hon. Nickolas Steele, Minister of Health, Social Security and International Business of Grenada
(Washington, D.C, PAHO, 2017)" On behalf of the People of Grenada and our Government, allow me to offer a warm and fraternal greeting to everyone present. I want to thank this noble organization for having entrusted Grenada with the presidency at the ... -
Post Disaster Functional Checklist
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2017-06)The Post Disaster Functional Checklist was designed to be a simple tool that can be used by the Hospital Administrator or CEO, to determine if the facility is safe to continue operations and its level the functionality ... -
Preparedness Index for Health Emergencies and Disasters
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2019-08-13)The Preparedness Index for Health Emergencies and Disasters is a voluntary tool to be used by health sector authorities to measure progress in emergency and disaster preparedness with a multi-hazard approach and in line ... -
Hospital Safety Index: Guide for Evaluators. Second Edition
(Washington, D.C., PAHOWHO, 2019-08-13)[Introduction]. The Hospital Safety Index occupies a central place in local, national and global efforts to improve the functioning of hospitals in emergencies and disasters. This is an area that the World Health Organization ... -
Improving Health Disaster Risk Management with Indigenous Peoples: Methodology for Simulation Exercises using Parallel Perspectives
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2019-08-27)The use of scenarios with parallel perspectives in a simulated health emergency helps participants to see that the exercise is appropriately realistic for all participants involved—both health practitioners and members of ...
