Disasters Preparedness and Mitigation - Supplement No. 4 on SUMA - Issue No. 72 (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), 1998, 8 p.): SUMA proves worth as tool in rehabilitation projects

Disasters Preparedness and Mitigation - Supplement No. 4 on SUMA - Issue No. 72 (Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), 1998, 8 p.)

		SUMA ... toward a global standard with support from the government of the Netherlands
		News from SUMA
		Steering committee meets in Geneva
		New national SUMA teams
		First steps toward software and manuals in Portuguese
		SUMA proves worth as tool in rehabilitation projects
		New module to follow offers of assistance
		Response to hurricane Pauline in Mexico
		Caribbean SUMA teams to meet in Barbados
		SUMA and El Niño in Peru
		SUMA moves ahead
		FUNDESUMA, the result of the project's growth
		SUMA on the 'Net

SUMA proves worth as tool in rehabilitation projects

In the second semester of 1997, the European Union, through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, financed rehabilitation projects for low-income families affected by several disasters in Costa Rica and Peru. The Federation's field delegates used the SUMA methodology with very good results - especially the Warehouse Management module - making it an important tool for future emergency situations.