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Natural Disasters eBooks
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Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities
By: Pan American Health Organization (other)
Published by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
The book focuses on problems encountered in areas of high risk for seismic events. It introduces the essential aspects of carrying out vulnerability assessments and applying practical measures to mitigate damage in hospitals, addressing structural and nonstructural aspects, as well as administrative and internal organization.
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Price: $25.00
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Protección de la salud mental en situaciones de desastres y emergencias
By: Pan American Health Organization (other)
Published by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
El objetivo de este libro es ser una guía práctica de planificación para actuar en el período agudo o crítico de una emergencia y no incluye el abordaje de los problemas psicosociales que surgen en el mediano y largo plazo. Se orienta al trabajo comunitario y promueve la coordinación entre las múltiples organizaciones que trabajan en el campo de la salud mental con enfoques, frecuentemente, diferentes.
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Price: $25.00
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Protección de las nuevas instalaciones de salud frente a desastres naturales
By: OPS (ed.)
Published by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Protección de las nuevas instalaciones de salud frente a desastres naturales presenta un resumen de esas guías e incluye recomendaciones para promover su uso en la Región entre autoridades nacionales, planificadores y financiadores involucrados en el desarrollo de estos proyectos. Permite un acercamiento rápido y directo para comprender los beneficios sociales y económicos de la aplicación de medidas de mitigación en los procesos de diseño, planificación y construcción de instalaciones de salud y sobre todo, para saber cómo aplicarlas con el objetivo de alcanzar niveles de protección capaces, no sólo de garantizar la seguridad de las personas, sino la seguridad de la infraestructura y de la operación de los servicios.
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Price: $16.00
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Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters
By: PAHO (ed.)
Published by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
This is the premise of the Guidelines for Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities for those responsible for management, design, construction and inspection of new health facilities projects. The current publication is an overview of those guidelines and includes recommendations on how to promote their use among national authorities, planners and financing agencies involved in the development of these projects. It emphasizes the substantial social and economic benefits of applying disaster mitigation measures to the design, planning and construction of health facilities. Equally important, it describes how to apply these measures to achieve protection levels that not only ensure human safety but also the security of infrastructure and the continuity of services.
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Price: $14.00
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The Ravaging Tide
By: Tidwell, Mike
Published by: Free Press
If, like many Americans, you believe the ongoing tragedy of Hurricane Katrina was a once-in-a-lifetime fluke, you need to read this book. In the coming years and decades, the safety of your region, your town, your home may depend on the warnings you'll encounter on these pages. That's because the exact same conditions that created the Katrina catastrophe and destroyed New Orleans are being replicated right now along virtually every inch of U.S. coastline.
In The Ravaging Tide, Mike Tidwell, a renowned advocate for the environment and an award-winning journalist, issues a call to arms and confronts us with some unsettling facts.
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Price: $11.99
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The Role of Laboratories and Blood Banks in Disaster Situations
By: PAHO (ed.)
Published by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
This disk contains: A technical publication that summarizes the function of laboratories and blood banks in disaster situations, and the actions they can take to be better prepared. A PowerPoint presentation for training purposes, which can be used in seminars and courses. A special script on the content of the presentation.
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Price: $30.00
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