tailieunhanh - Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters: Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation

Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions—and the devastation they inflict—are all too familiar to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the last decade, natural disasters have caused more than 45,000 deaths in the region, left 40 million injured or in need of assistance, and carried a price tag—in direct damage alone—of more than US$20 The health sector has proven particularly vulnerable to such havoc. In the course of the past 20 years, as a result of natural disasters, more than 100 hospitals and 650 health centers have collapsed or been so severely damaged that they had to be evacuated. According to the United Nations Economic Commission. | Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation The World Bank Group Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation Produced by Tarina García Concheso based on Guidelines For Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities by R. Boroschek and R. Retamales of the PAHO WHO Collaborating Center at the University of Chile and on the recommendations adopted at the international meeting Hospitals in Disasters Handle with Care El Salvador July 2003. The World Bank Group Pan American Health Organization Regional Office of the World Health Organization Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Washington . 2003 PAHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Pan American Health Organization Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters Guidelines for the Promotion of Disaster Mitigation Washington . PAHO World Bank 2003. ISBN 92 75 124841 I Title 1. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS 2. PREVENTION AND MITIGATION 3. HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE 4. NATURAL DISASTERS 5. DISASTER PLANNING NLM 2003 En Pan American Health Organization 2003 A publication of the Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief of the Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Bank. The views expressed the recommendations made and the terms employed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the current criteria or policies of the Pan American Health Organization or of its Member States. PAHO and WHO welcome requests for permission to reproduce or translate in part or in full this publication. Applications and inquiries from the Americas should be addressed to the Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Pan American Health Organization 525 Twenty-third Street . Washington . 20037 USA fax 202 775-4578 email disaster-publica-tions@. This publication has been made possible through