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Book Synopsis Field Manual - PAHO/WHO Regional Emergency Response Team by :
Download or read book Field Manual - PAHO/WHO Regional Emergency Response Team written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each year, disasters of varying severity occur in the Region of the Americas. In some cases, these events overwhelm the response capacity of the countries affected, and require the assistance of international disaster experts. To address these situations and at the request of Ministers of Health in the Region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) established a Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) to assist countries with emergency and disaster response. The Team carries out rapid damage and needs assessments, cooperates in emergency response coordination, and advises PAHO/WHO authorities and their national counterparts about decisions to be taken in response to the emergency. In addition, the Team helps to activate the health sector, laying the groundwork for the health cluster, a mechanism established as part of the United Nations Humanitarian Reform process. This practical manual describes how the Response Team is mobilized, and objectives and responsibilities of the Team during different phases of an emergency. It also gives guidelines on mobilizing resources. The manual includes forms and checklists that can be used for health services, emergency shelters, water and sanitation, epidemiologic surveillance, damage and needs assessment, and mental health, among other areas. This material is useful for gathering and analyzing the information needed for making decisions about effective response. The Manual for the Regional Disaster Response Team is a tool that will assist PAHO/WHO Representatives and their national counterparts to make better assessments when facing emergency or disaster situations."--Page 1.
Author :Canadian International Development Agency. International Humanitarian Assistance Division Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :68 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis PAHO/WHO Regional Emergency Response Team Field Manual by : Canadian International Development Agency. International Humanitarian Assistance Division
Download or read book PAHO/WHO Regional Emergency Response Team Field Manual written by Canadian International Development Agency. International Humanitarian Assistance Division and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each year, disasters of varying severity occur in the Region of the Americas. In some cases, these events overwhelm the response capacity of the countries affected, and require the assistance of international disaster experts. To address these situations and at the request of Ministers of Health in the Region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) established a Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) to assist countries with emergency and disaster response. The Team carries out rapid damage and needs assessments, cooperates in emergency response coordination, and advises PAHO/WHO authorities and their national counterparts about decisions to be taken in response to the emergency. In addition, the Team helps to activate the health sector, laying the groundwork for the health cluster, a mechanism established as part of the United Nations Humanitarian Reform process. This practical manual describes how the Response Team is mobilized, and objectives and responsibilities of the Team during different phases of an emergency. It also gives guidelines on mobilizing resources. The manual includes forms and checklists that can be used for health services, emergency shelters, water and sanitation, epidemiologic surveillance, damage and needs assessment, and mental health, among other areas. This material is useful for gathering and analyzing the information needed for making decisions about effective response. The Manual for the Regional Disaster Response Team is a tool that will assist PAHO/WHO Representatives and their national counterparts to make better assessments when facing emergency or disaster situations." - p. 1.
Author :WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Publisher :World Health Organization ISBN 13 :9290612169 Total Pages :191 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis Field Manual for Capacity Assessment of Health Facilities in Responding to Emergencies by : WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Download or read book Field Manual for Capacity Assessment of Health Facilities in Responding to Emergencies written by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2006 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field manual is an updated edition of the publication 'Protocol for assessment of health facilities responding to emergencies' (1999). It provides a management tool for health professionals evaluating the preparedness of their health facilities for dealing with disasters, and it contains three main sections: a questionnaire presented in a checklist format for capacity assessment; aspects of preparedness relating to structural and non-structural vulnerability, functions and human resources; and preparedness for specific emergencies relating to industrial sectors and contamination, infectious disease outbreaks and biological, chemical and radiological emergencies.
Author :Pan American Pan American Health Organization Publisher :Pan American Health Organization ISBN 13 :9789275123270 Total Pages :84 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (232 download)
Book Synopsis Concepts of Incident Command System for the Caribbean Region by : Pan American Pan American Health Organization
Download or read book Concepts of Incident Command System for the Caribbean Region written by Pan American Pan American Health Organization and published by Pan American Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Incident Command System (ICS) is a management tool for coordinating incidents or events that may exceed the daily capacity to respond. Most Caribbean countries have adopted the ICS as their standard for emergency response and operational deployment. It is critical to provide training for all first responders (i.e., law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services personnel) who may be called upon to function in an ICS environment. The need for training extends to NGOs as well.
Author :Pan American Health Organization Publisher :Pan American Health Org ISBN 13 :9275115753 Total Pages :130 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (751 download)
Book Synopsis Natural Disasters by : Pan American Health Organization
Download or read book Natural Disasters written by Pan American Health Organization and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes statistics.
Book Synopsis Health Emergency Preparedness and Response by : Andy Wapling
Download or read book Health Emergency Preparedness and Response written by Andy Wapling and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensely practical and down to earth, this timely new text covers the breadth of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses to a range of threats. It includes public, private and third sector roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made events, such as: major incident planning; infectious disease epidemics and pandemics; natural disasters; terrorist threats; and business and service continuity management. The book builds upon the basics of risk assessment and writing an emergency plan, and then covers inter-agency working, command and control, communication, personal impact and business continuity as well as training, exercises and post-incident follow up. Detailing the full emergency preparedness and civil protection planning cycle, the book is illustrated throughout with real-life examples and case studies from global experts in the field for countries with both advanced and developing healthcare systems. This practical handbook covering the essential aspects of major incident and disaster management is ideal for undergraduate and master's students in emergency management and public health, as well as for practitioners in emergency preparedness and civil protection. It will be valuable to all health practitioners from ambulance, hospital, primary and community care, mental health and public health backgrounds.
Book Synopsis Communicable Disease Control in Emergencies by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Communicable Disease Control in Emergencies written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. The manual is the result of collaboration among a number of WHO departments and several external partner agencies in reviewing existing guidelines on communicable disease control and adapting them to emergency situations. The manual deals with the fundamental principles of communicable disease control in emergencies, which are: Rapid assessment to identify the communicable disease threats faced by the emergency-affected population, including those with epidemic potential, and define the health status of the population by conducting a rapid assessment; Prevention to prevent communicable disease by maintaining a healthy physical environment and good general living conditions; Surveillance to set up or strengthen disease surveillance system with an early warning mechanism to ensure the early reporting of cases to monitor disease trends, and to facilitate prompt detection and response to outbreaks; outbreak control to ensure outbreaks are rapidly detected and controlled through adequate preparedness (i.e. stockpiles, standard treatment protocols and staff training) and rapid response (i.e.confirmation, investigation and implementation of control measures); and disease management to diagnose and treat cases promptly with trained staff using effective treatment and standard protocols at all health facilities.
Book Synopsis Hospital Safety Index by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Hospital Safety Index written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides a step-by-step explanation of how to use the Safe Hospitals Checklist, and how the evaluation can be used to obtain a rating of the structural and nonstructural safety, and the emergency and disaster management capacity, of the hospital. The results of the evaluation enable hospital's own safety index to be calculated. The Hospital Safety Index tool may be applied to individual hospitals or to many hospitals in a public or private hospital network, or in an administrative or geographical area. In some countries, such as Moldova, all government hospitals have been evaluated using the Hospital Safety Index. In this respect, the Hospital Safety Index provides a useful method of comparing the relative safety of hospitals across a country or region, showing which hospitals need investment of resources to improve the functioning of the health system. The purpose of this Guide for Evaluators is to provide guidance to evaluators on applying the checklist, rating a hospital's safety and calculating the hospital's safety index. The evaluation will facilitate the determination of the hospital's capacity to continue providing services following an adverse event, and will guide the actions necessary to increase the hospital's safety and preparedness for response and recovery in case of emergencies and disasters. Throughout this document, the terms "safe" or "safety" cover structural and nonstructural safety and the emergency and disaster management capacity of the hospital. The Hospital Safety Index is a tool that is used to assess hospitals' safety and vulnerabilities, make recommendations on necessary actions, and promote low-cost/high-impact measures for improving safety and strengthening emergency preparedness. The evaluation provides direction on how to optimize the available resources to increase safety and ensure the functioning of hospitals in emergencies and disasters. The results of the evaluation will assist hospital managers and staff, as well as health system managers and decision-makers in other relevant ministries or organizations in prioritizing and allocating limited resources to strengthen the safety of hospitals in a complex network of health services. It is a tool to guide national authorities and international cooperation partners in their planning and resource allocation to support improvement of hospital safety and delivery of health services after emergencies and disasters. Over the past three years, the expert advice of policy-makers and practitioners from disciplines, such as engineering, architecture and emergency medicine, has been compiled, reviewed and incorporated into this second edition of the Guide. Global and regional workshops and virtual consultations have enabled technical and policy experts to contribute to the revision of Hospital Safety Index until consensus was reached on the content for its publication and distribution. Further comments and observations are certain to arise as the Hospital Safety Index continues to be applied across the world and these experiences will enable us to improve future editions. The rapid diagnostic application of the Hospital Safety Index provides, as a comparison, an out-of-focus snapshot of a hospital: it shows enough of the basic features to allow evaluators to confirm or disprove the presence of genuine risks to the safety of the hospital, and the hospital's level of preparedness for the emergencies and disasters to which it will be expected to provide health services in the emergency response. The Hospital Safety Index also takes into account the hospital's environment and the health services network to which it belongs. This second version of the second edition was released in December 2016.
Book Synopsis Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters by : Oliver Morgan
Download or read book Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters written by Oliver Morgan and published by Pan-American Health Organisation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dignified and proper management of the dead in disasters is fundamental to help the families know the fate of their relatives and mourn their dead. This manual is intended for use by those first on the scene following a disaster when no specialists are at hand. It provides basic guidance to manage the recovery, basic identification, storage and disposal of dead bodies following disasters, to ensure that no information is lost and that the dead are treated with respect. This field manual is the first ever to provide step-by-step guidance on how to recover and identify victims killed in disasters while duly considering the needs and rights of survivors. The book also provides practical annexes, including a Dead Body Identification Form, a Missing Persons Form, and a chart of sequential numbers for unique referencing of bodies.
Book Synopsis Health Conditions in the Americas by :
Download or read book Health Conditions in the Americas written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Disasters, Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas by :
Download or read book Disasters, Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities by :
Download or read book Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities written by and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2000 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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. In a period of only 15 years between 1981 and 1996 93 hospitals and 538 health care centers in Latin America and the Caribbean were damaged as a consequence of natural disasters. The direct cost of these disasters has been enormous; just as devastating has been the social impact of the loss of these critical facilities at a time when they were most needed. For these reasons special consideration must be given to disaster planning for these facilities. Assessing and reducing their vulnerability to natural hazards is indispensable. Principles of Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities is an updated compilation of various documents on the topic already published by PAHO/WHO. Sections of previous publications have been revised to address the needs of professionals from a variety of disciplines particularly those involved in health facility planning operation and maintenance. Figures and photographs illustrate situations that can increase disaster vulnerability in health facilities. Examples are given of how countries in Latin America have conducted vulnerability assessments and applied specific disaster mitigation measures in their hospitals and health centers.
Book Synopsis Manual on the Preparation of National Animal Disease Emergency Preparedness Plans by : W. A. Geering
Download or read book Manual on the Preparation of National Animal Disease Emergency Preparedness Plans written by W. A. Geering and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 1999 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building Better Health by : C. David Jenkins
Download or read book Building Better Health written by C. David Jenkins and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2003 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual provides guidance on proven disease prevention strategies and practical behavioral science principles for health workers involved in all levels of planning and operating local and regional health programmes. Issues discussed include: basic disease prevention principles; community health intervention strategies; improving health throughout the life cycle; leading forms of death and disability including brain and behavioural disorders, cardiovascular diseases, strokes and cancers; and successful strategies for behavioural change.
Author :W. H. O. Regional WHO Regional Office for Europe Publisher :Pan American Health Organization ISBN 13 :9789275123133 Total Pages :76 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (231 download)
Book Synopsis Crisis Communication Related to Vaccine Safety by : W. H. O. Regional WHO Regional Office for Europe
Download or read book Crisis Communication Related to Vaccine Safety written by W. H. O. Regional WHO Regional Office for Europe and published by Pan American Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vaccine- and vaccination-related crises require a communication response that is different from the communication strategies used to promote the benefits and importance of vaccines in general. This document presents the technical guidance needed to develop a communication plan that is appropriate for managing crises related to vaccine safety. This guidance will be useful for managers in the areas of immunization and vaccine and vaccination safety. They will also help preparedness and response teams working in safety crises to optimize their communication plans in order to regain, maintain, or strengthen trust in vaccines, vaccination, and immunization programs in general. Each chapter presents a phase (preparation, implementation, and evaluation) with suggested actions and support tools to prepare, implement, and evaluate a communication response in a crisis situation. Also, some sections can also be used to strengthen routine national communication activities such as interaction with media, message generation, spokespeople preparation among others. The current document complements the Manual for the surveillance of events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) in the Region of the Americas. This document is published within the framework of a joint project that aims to promote communication-related to safe vaccination in the Region of the Americas and support health authorities that need to develop a communication plan to manage crises related to vaccine safety. Some of the sections in this publication are based on the guidance documents available in the WHO Regional Office for Europe's virtual library and can be consulted on their website.
Book Synopsis Humanitarian Supply Management and Logistics in the Health Sector by :
Download or read book Humanitarian Supply Management and Logistics in the Health Sector written by and published by Pan American Health Org. This book was released on 2001 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The management of supplies, whether from an external source, in most cases is a complex logistical problem that should not be left to improvised decision making. The acquisition, storage, mobilization and distribution of supplies to the victims of a disaster require a minimum framework of organization that permits efficient handling and better use of resources. This new book provides guidelines to manage this process. It points out that countries and organizations should incorporate the topic of logistics into their planning and preparedness for disasters. It also underlines the fact that each step in the supply chain should be seen as a critical and interrelated link.
Book Synopsis Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Framework for a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC framework) document is intended to be used by practitioners of public health; health policy makers; and authorities and agencies responsible for managing emergencies, incidents, or events where the health of populations is at risk. This document provides high-level methodical guidance for designing, developing, and strengthening of public health emergency operations centers. This interim document outlines the key concepts and essential requirements for developing and managing a public health EOC (PHEOC). The overall approach is generic and based on widely acknowledged elements of all-hazards emergency management. It provides an outline for developing and managing a PHEOC to achieve a goal-oriented response to public health emergencies and unity of effort among response agencies. The document will be revised as necessary. Practical guidance on specific aspects of the PHEOC framework will be developed and published separately. A public health emergency is here defined as an occurrence, or imminent threat, of an illness or health condition that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities, injuries or permanent or long-term disability. Public health emergencies can result from a wide range of hazards and complex emergencies. Experience has shown that timely implementation of an EOC provides an essential platform for the effective management of public health emergencies. Public health emergencies involve increased incidence of illness, injury and/or death and require special measures to address increased morbidity, mortality and interruption of essential health services. For such emergencies, a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional response is often required, working with the national disaster management organization. When normal resources and capacities are exceeded, support from outside the affected areas will also be required. External assistance could include national, cross-border, regional or international resources.
