Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster - A Study Guide (PAHO-OPS, 1983, 107 p.): Foreword

Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster - A Study Guide (PAHO-OPS, 1983, 107 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Foreword
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction
		Pretest
		Outline of Content
		Course Objectives
		Lesson 1 Introduction
		Lesson 2 Organization of the Health System
		Lesson 3 Organization of First Level Care at the Disaster Site
		Lesson 4 Organization of Rural Health Services for Disaster Situations
		Lesson 5 Organization of Health Care Facilities for Disaster Situations
		Lesson 6 Implementing the Disaster Plan in a Health Care Facility
		Lesson 7 Updating and Evaluating the Hospital Disaster Management Plan
		Health for all by the year 2000
		Final Exam Package - A
		Final Exam Package - B
		Final Exam Answer Key - A
		Final Exam Answer Key - B

Foreword

Emergency Management after a Natural Disaster

Organization of a National Emergency Committee

In the event of a natural disaster, a nation, region, community or individual will return to normal more quickly if there has been advance planning on the use of available resources.

A plan to mobilize a country's resources for disaster management is a complex undertaking, as illustrated above.

The health sector must cooperate with other groups involved in the overall plan. In addition, they must work within the framework and priorities established by those in higher authority. Within the overall plan is a section dealing specifically with health and subplans for various units of the health sector. (See illustration at right.)

* NGO = Nongovernmental organizations (also called voluntary agencies)