On January 14-16, 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a communications roundtable in Atlanta, Georgia, to explore hospitals' challenges in communicating with internal and external audiences in communitywide emergencies involving radioactive materials. The roundtable, Hosp...ital Communications in a Mass Casualty Radiological Incident, is part of CDC's effort to help prepare the nation's public health community for threats of terrorism.
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A Guide for Low Resource Situations
Trauma can affect a refugee child on an individual, classroom, school, and family level. However, just because a student is a refugee, it does not mean he or she has experienced trauma and/or will exhibit symptoms related to trauma. Many refugee children adjust very well to new school settings and o...ften quickly pick up language and cultural norms in the school setting.
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Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters
Chapter 10
Understanding Cultural Diversity in Mental Health
The Global Campaign Against Epilepsy “Out of the Shadows”
Manual Logistical Management of Humanitarian Supply
The flood of relief supplies that arrive in the aftermath of large-scale disasters often poses serious logistic and management problems for national authorities. SUMA is a tool for the management of humanitarian relief supplies, from the time pled...ges are made by donors, to their entry into the disaster area and their storage and distribution.
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Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book -2
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book -1
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 5
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 1
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme
There are existing a new Version published 2014
Disaster Preparedness Training Programme