COPING WITH NATURAL DISASTERS: THE ROLE OF LOCAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND THE COMMUNITY
( By A Working Guide (WHO - OMS, 1989) )

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Index
  1. Introduction

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel

  4. Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel

  5. PART I. The disaster

  6. Chapter 1. Community rescue operations Fear

  7. Chapter 1.Panic

  8. Chapter 1.Rescue operations

  9. Chapter 1.Reception at the health centre or hospital

  10. Chapter 2. The tasks of the local health personnel Organizing the health centre or hospital to meet the emergency

  11. Chapter 2.Triage

  12. Chapter 2.Emergency care

  13. PART II. The aftermath

  14. Chapter 3. Action by the community The coordination committee

  15. Chapter 3.Assessment of requirements

  16. Chapter 3.Outside assistance

  17. Chapter 3.Coordination of groups from outside

  18. Chapter 3.Family groupings

  19. Chapter 3.Temporary shelter and sanitation

  20. Displaced persons

  21. Chapter 3.Monitoring food supplies

  22. Chapter 3.Food distribution

  23. Chapter 3.Dealing with the dead

  24. Chapter 3.Dealing with animals

  25. Chapter 3.Post-disaster development

  26. Chapter 4. Action by the local health personnel Post-disaster health problems and the organization of the local health personnel

  27. Chapter 4.Monitoring the community’s health status

  28. Chapter 4.Vaccinations

  29. Chapter 4.Nutrition

  30. Chapter 4.Health education and sanitation

  31. Chapter 4.Mental health

  32. Chapter 4.Vulnerable groups

  33. Chapter 4.Periodic reports by the local health personnel

  34. PART III. Preventing and alleviating the consequences of disasters

  35. Chapter 5. Action by the community Analysis of past experience

  36. Chapter 5.Information on disasters

  37. Chapter 5.Some information on natural disasters

  38. Chapter 5.Knowledge of the risks and the resources

  39. Chapter 5.Evacuation of the population

  40. Chapter 5.Twinning

  41. Chapter 5.Exercises and activities to promote community preparedness

  42. Chapter 5.Basic education

  43. Chapter 6. Action by the local health personnel Essential professional qualities of local health personnel for coping with disasters

  44. Chapter 6.Improving certain professional skills

  45. Chapter 6.Preparation of the health centre or hospital

  46. Chapter 6.The training of voluntary health workers

  47. Chapter 6.Preparedness activities for the population

  48. Annex 1. Diseases to be monitored when people are housed in temporary shelters

  49. Annex 2. Specimen record card for use by person in charge of family grouping in preparing health report in collaboration with local health personnel

  50. Annex 3. Nutrition Recommended daily energy and protein intakes for healthy individuals1

  51. Annex 3.Weight-for-height1

  52. Annex 3.Arm-circumference-for-height, young children (both sexes)1, 2

  53. Annex 3.Indicators of likely need for a supplementary feeding programme (SFP)1

  54. Annex 4. What to do in an earthquake

  55. Annex 5. Mercalli scale of earthquake intensities (MS)1

  56. Annex 6. Community risk maps

  57. Annex 7. The signs of danger in disaster-damaged buildings

  58. Annex 8. Resource maps

  59. Annex 9. Medical equipment of the health centre or hospital for coping with a disaster

  60. Annex 10. Outline schedules for self-evaluation in the event of disaster

  61. Annex 11. The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LORCS)

  62. Annex 12. A short reading list for local health personnel1

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