Reestablishing Normal Health Programs

Source: Natural Disasters: Protecting the Public's Health, Natural Disasters: Protecting the Public's Health , pp. 91-93(3)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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Abstract:

In the first weeks after a disaster, the pattern of health needs will change rapidly, moving from casualty treatment to more routine primary health care. Services must be reorganized and restructured, often because permanent facilities were severely damaged in terms of their infrastructure and vital systems, and severe financial constraints impede rapid reconstruction. Priorities also will shift from health care toward environmental health measures during the rehabilitation phase. Chapter Fourteen of the PAHO Book "Natural Disasters: Protecting the Public's Health" presents information and guidelines for the reestablishing of health programs after natural disasters.

Keywords: NATURAL DISASTERS; HEALTH EFFECT OF DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; DISASTERS; HEALTH SECTOR

Document Type: Miscellaneous

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