Natural Disasters: Protecting the Public's Health

Table of Contents. Preface. Introduction. Acknowledgments.
pp. iii-xi(9)

General Effects of Disasters on Health
pp. 1-10(10)

Structuring Health Disaster Management
pp. 11-16(6)

Disaster Preparedness
pp. 17-23(7)

Disaster Mitigation in the Health Sector
pp. 24-29(6)

Coordination of Disaster Response Activities and Assessment of Health Needs
pp. 30-37(8)

Mass Casualty Management
pp. 38-42(5)

Epidemiologic Surveillance and Disease Control
pp. 43-49(7)

Environmental Health Management
pp. 50-58(9)

Food and Nutrition
pp. 59-63(5)

Planning, Layout, and Management of Temporary Settlements and Camps
pp. 64-66(3)

Communications and Transport
pp. 67-74(8)

Managing Humanitarian Relief Supplies
pp. 75-81(7)

International Humanitarian Assistance
pp. 82-90(9)

Reestablishing Normal Health Programs
pp. 91-93(3)

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
pp. 95-119(25)