Mitigation - Disaster Mitigation Guidelines for Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), 1992, 76 p.): Recommended reading

Mitigation - Disaster Mitigation Guidelines for Hospitals and other Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), 1992, 76 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Chapter 1: Scope and objectives
		Chapter 2: The nature of natural hazards in commonwealth Caribbean countries
		Chapter 3: The critical nature of health care facilities in disaster mitigation
		Chapter 4: Design considerations for natural hazards
		Chapter 5: Designing new health care facilities for multiple hazards
		Chapter 6: Retrofitting of health care facilities for multiple hazards
		Annex 1: modified Mercalli intensity scale
		Annex 2: sample form for vulnerability analysis
		Annex 3: checklist
		References
		Recommended reading

Recommended reading

1. Federal Emergency Management Agency - "Seismic Considerations: Health Care Facilities". Earthquake Hazards Reduction Series 35 FEMA 150, Washington, D.C. 1987

2. PAHO Scientific Publication No. 443, 1983: "Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster".

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