Mitigation of Disasters in Health Facilities: Volume 3: Architectural Issues (PAHO): Acknowledgements

Mitigation of Disasters in Health Facilities: Volume 3: Architectural Issues (PAHO)

		(introductory text...)
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction
		Chapter 1: characteristics of disasters
		Chapter 2: architectural design of hospitals
		Chapter 3: mitigation measures in hospital design
		Chapter 4: functional and nonstructural vulnerability of hospitals
		Chapter 5: mitigating nonstructural damage
		Chapter 6: university and professional training
		References
		Annex 1: case study of seismic design
		Annex 2: form and volume of buildings*

Acknowledgements

This set of manuals is the result of the effort and collaboration of engineers, architects, physicians, and health sector administrators whose expertise and technical contribution enabled their production. PAHO wishes to thank Omar Dario Cardona A., Chief of the Engineering Division of Ingeniar Ltda. in Bogota, Colombia, for his contribution and technical coordination and to his collaborators: Jorge Eduardo Hurtado G., Juan Pablo Sarmiento P., and Humberto Fonseca M. for their advice in the elaboration of these publications.