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Disaster Mitigation Series

Washington, D.C., 2000.

Published also in Spanish with the title:

Fundamentos para la mitigación de desastres en establecimientos de salud

Cover photograph: PAHO/WHO

ISBN 92 75 12304 7

PAHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:

Pan American Health Organization.
Principles of disaster mitigation in health facilities. Washington, D.C. : PAHO, ©2000.
123 pp. - (Disaster Mitigation Series)

ISBN 92 75 12304 7

I. Title. II. (series)
1. MITIGATION BEFORE DISASTERS.
2. MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND HOSPITAL
ENGINEERING. 3. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS.

NLM HV553

© Pan American Health Organization, 2000

A publication of the Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program, PAHO/WHO.

The views expressed, the recommendations formulated, and the designations employed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the current policies or opinions of the Pan American Health Organization or of its Member States.

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