 | Environmental Health Management after Natural Disasters (PAHO) |
 |  | (introductory text...) |
| | Foreword |
| | Preface |
| | Acknowledgment |
|  | Part I: The effects of disaster on environmental health |
| | An overview |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Effects of disasters on conditions and services |
| | Part II: The management of disaster-created environmental health conditions |
| | Chapter 1: Factors to consider for effective management |
| | Deciding on appropriateness of measures |
| | The timing of emergency measures |
| | Chapter 2: Phase one: Predisaster health measures |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The plan for emergency environmental health operations |
| | Protective measures |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Civil engineering structural damage |
| | Contamination of food and water supplies |
| | Power outage |
| | Transportation failure |
| | Education of personnel and the public |
| | Chapter 3: Phase two: Measures taken during disaster and in the aftermath |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Emergency warning period |
| | Disaster occurrence period |
| | Immediate postdisaster emergency period |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Water supply |
| | Environmental sanitation |
| | Shelter |
| | Food sanitation |
| | Vector control |
| | Personal hygiene |
| | General public information |
| | Consolidation period |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Providing relief agencies with lists of needs |
| | Receiving aid |
| | Distributing aid |
| | Establishing settlements for displaced persons |
| | Chapter 4: Phase three: Rehabilitation measures |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Restoration of lifeline services |
| | Restoration of essential environmental health surveillance activity |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Water quality |
| | Food supplies |
| | Environmental sanitation |
| | Evaluating the emergency operations action (EOA) plan |
| | Part III: Annexes |
| | Annex 1: Developing an environmental health emergency operations plan |
| | Step 1: Identifying organizational resources |
| | Step 2: Vulnerability analysis |
| | Step 3: Allocating resources |
| | Step 4: Protecting personnel |
| | Step 5: Inventory of supplies and equipment |
| | Step 6: Coordination agreements |
| | Step 7: Specifying emergency measures |
| | Step 8: Specifying recovery measures |
| | Step 9: Improving capabilities |
| | Annex 2: Guidelines for the use of tablet, powder, and liquid disinfectants in emergency situations |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Chlorine compounds |
| | Tablets |
| | Granular calcium hypochlorite |
| | Sodium hypochlorite bleach or |
| | Iodine |
| | Tablets |
| | Solutions |
| | Annex 3: Technical guide to environmental health measures taken in response to natural disaster |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Evacuation |
| | Relief operations: Tent camps |
| | Relief operations: Buildings |
| | Relief operations: Water supply |
| | Relief operations: Latrines |
| | Relief operations: Refuse disposal |
| | Relief operations: Food sanitation |
| | Relief operations: Stocks |
| | Annex 4: Bibliography |
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