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Campaign launched on Hospitals Safe from Disasters: "The most expensive hospital is the one that fails"

Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Hundreds of hospitals and heath facilities are destroyed or damaged every year by disasters caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. Millions of people are left without emergency care during and after disasters when hospitals and health facilities fail to function.

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