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( By A Working Guide (WHO - OMS, 1989) )

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Index

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel
Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel
PART I. The disaster
Chapter 1. Community rescue operations Fear
Chapter 1.Panic
Chapter 1.Rescue operations
Chapter 1.Reception at the health centre or hospital
Chapter 2. The tasks of the local health personnel Organizing the health centre or hospital to meet the emergency
Chapter 2.Triage
Chapter 2.Emergency care
PART II. The aftermath
Chapter 3. Action by the community The coordination committee
Chapter 3.Assessment of requirements
Chapter 3.Outside assistance
Chapter 3.Coordination of groups from outside
Chapter 3.Family groupings
Chapter 3.Temporary shelter and sanitation
Displaced persons
Chapter 3.Monitoring food supplies
Chapter 3.Food distribution
Chapter 3.Dealing with the dead
Chapter 3.Dealing with animals
Chapter 3.Post-disaster development
Chapter 4. Action by the local health personnel Post-disaster health problems and the organization of the local health personnel
Chapter 4.Monitoring the community�s health status
Chapter 4.Vaccinations
Chapter 4.Nutrition
Chapter 4.Health education and sanitation
Chapter 4.Mental health
Chapter 4.Vulnerable groups
Chapter 4.Periodic reports by the local health personnel
PART III. Preventing and alleviating the consequences of disasters
Chapter 5. Action by the community Analysis of past experience
Chapter 5.Information on disasters
Chapter 5.Some information on natural disasters
Chapter 5.Knowledge of the risks and the resources
Chapter 5.Evacuation of the population
Chapter 5.Twinning
Chapter 5.Exercises and activities to promote community preparedness
Chapter 5.Basic education
Chapter 6. Action by the local health personnel Essential professional qualities of local health personnel for coping with disasters
Chapter 6.Improving certain professional skills
Chapter 6.Preparation of the health centre or hospital
Chapter 6.The training of voluntary health workers
Chapter 6.Preparedness activities for the population
Annex 1. Diseases to be monitored when people are housed in temporary shelters
Annex 2. Specimen record card for use by person in charge of family grouping in preparing health report in collaboration with local health personnel
Annex 3. Nutrition Recommended daily energy and protein intakes for healthy individuals1
Annex 3.Weight-for-height1
Annex 3.Arm-circumference-for-height, young children (both sexes)1, 2
Annex 3.Indicators of likely need for a supplementary feeding programme (SFP)1
Annex 4. What to do in an earthquake
Annex 5. Mercalli scale of earthquake intensities (MS)1
Annex 6. Community risk maps
Annex 7. The signs of danger in disaster-damaged buildings
Annex 8. Resource maps
Annex 9. Medical equipment of the health centre or hospital for coping with a disaster
Annex 10. Outline schedules for self-evaluation in the event of disaster
Annex 11. The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LORCS)
Annex 12. A short reading list for local health personnel1

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