Critical infrastructure

This manual serves as an updated second edition to the publication Protocol for assessment of health facilities in responding to emergencies published by WHO in 1999. This is a management tool for health professionals evaluating the preparedness of their

The aim of the assessment is to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone recovery efforts as well as to design a disaster management strategy.

2008 is the International Year of Sanitation. More than 2.6 billion people - roughly 40 percent of the world’s population - lack what most of us take for granted: a toilet. The Year’s purpose is to raise awareness about this crisis and galvanise action to

Thess guidelines are for assisting health-sector professionals and authorities to implement qualitative assessments of structural and non-structural earthquake vulnerability of hospitals and health institutions. Additionally, disaster risk managers, who

This checklist records elements relating to the geographic location of the health facility to be evaluated such as geological, hydro-meteorological, social, environmental sanitation, chemical and/or technological phenomena, and geotechnical properties of

Section 1 of this report presents the introduction of the study project and section 2 the objective, scope and approach while section 3 includes the methodology. The result on hospitals performance assessment and recommendations to improve seismic

Serie manuales y guías sobre desastres, no. 4

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Este Manual pretende entregar a los evaluadores y a la comunidad del sector salud en general un instrumento para la evaluación de daños y necesidades en salud, que pueda ser utilizado en

The report summarizes the study and assessment of the structural vulnerability of 14 hospitals in Kathmandu Valley and outlines recommended mitigation measures to improve resilience and performance.