WHO: Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters: A Practical Guide (2002)
Description:
This guide sets out the essential aspects of environmental health management in disasters. These included the provision of emergency water and sanitation services; the burial or cremation of the dead; vector and pest control; food hygiene; and the assessment of the danger of epidemics following emergencies and disasters, etc. The tool also deals with measures designed to reduce the impact of disasters on environmental health infrastructure, such as water supply and sanitation facilities. It also aims to strengthen the ability of people to withstand the disruption of their accustomed infrastructure and systems for environmental health (e.g. shelter, water supply, sanitation, vector control etc.) and to recover rapidly.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
This tool assists national authorities with developing responses to health issues that occur after a major accident.
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Table of contents, Preface, Acknowledgements pdf, 432kb
Chapter 1. About this book pdf, 151kb
Chapter 2. The nature of emergencies and disasters pdf, 486kb
Chapter 3. Predisaster activities pdf, 214kb
Chapter 4. Emergency response pdf, 261kb
Chapter 5. Recovery and sustainable development pdf, 186kb
Chapter 6. Shelter and emergency settlements pdf, 333kb
Chapter 7. Water supply pdf , 1.01Mb
Chapter 8. Sanitation pdf, 654kb
Chapter 9. Food safety pdf, 154kb
Chapter 10. Vector and pest control pdf, 325kb
Chapter 11. Control of communicable diseases and prevention of epidemics pdf, 208kb
Chapter 12. Chemical incidents pdf, 393kb
Chapter 13. Radiation emergencies pdf, 221kb
Chapter 14. Mortuary service and handling of the dead pdf, 103kb
Chapter 15. Health promotion and community participation pdf, 218kb
Chapter 16. Human resources pdf, 159kb
References pdf, 147kb
Annexes 1 to 3 pdf, 87kb
Annexes 4 to 6 pdf, 68kb
Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide (in Arabic) pdf, 3.83Mb