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
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 - Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel
Chapter 4 - Introduction. An active role for communities and their health personnel
Chapter 5 - PART I. The disaster
Chapter 6 - Chapter 1. Community rescue operations
Fear
Chapter 7 - Chapter 1.Panic
Chapter 8 - Chapter 1.Rescue operations
Chapter 9 - Chapter 1.Reception at the health centre or hospital
Chapter 10 - Chapter 2. The tasks of the local health personnel
Organizing the health centre or hospital to meet the emergency
Chapter 11 - Chapter 2.Triage
Chapter 12 - Chapter 2.Emergency care
Chapter 13 - PART II. The aftermath
Chapter 14 - Chapter 3. Action by the community
The coordination committee
Chapter 15 - Chapter 3.Assessment of requirements
Chapter 16 - Chapter 3.Outside assistance
Chapter 17 - Chapter 3.Coordination of groups from outside
Chapter 18 - Chapter 3.Family groupings
Chapter 19 - Chapter 3.Temporary shelter and sanitation
Chapter 20 - Displaced persons
Chapter 21 - Chapter 3.Monitoring food supplies
Chapter 22 - Chapter 3.Food distribution
Chapter 23 - Chapter 3.Dealing with the dead
Chapter 24 - Chapter 3.Dealing with animals
Chapter 25 - Chapter 3.Post-disaster development
Chapter 26 - Chapter 4. Action by the local health personnel
Post-disaster health problems and the organization of the local health personnel
Chapter 27 - Chapter 4.Monitoring the community’s health status
Chapter 28 - Chapter 4.Vaccinations
Chapter 29 - Chapter 4.Nutrition
Chapter 30 - Chapter 4.Health education and sanitation
Chapter 31 - Chapter 4.Mental health
Chapter 32 - Chapter 4.Vulnerable groups
Chapter 33 - Chapter 4.Periodic reports by the local health personnel
Chapter 34 - PART III. Preventing and alleviating the consequences of disasters
Chapter 35 - Chapter 5. Action by the community
Analysis of past experience
Chapter 36 - Chapter 5.Information on disasters
Chapter 37 - Chapter 5.Some information on natural disasters
Chapter 38 - Chapter 5.Knowledge of the risks and the resources
Chapter 39 - Chapter 5.Evacuation of the population
Chapter 40 - Chapter 5.Twinning
Chapter 41 - Chapter 5.Exercises and activities to promote community preparedness
Chapter 42 - Chapter 5.Basic education
Chapter 43 - Chapter 6. Action by the local health personnel
Essential professional qualities of local health personnel for coping with disasters
Chapter 44 - Chapter 6.Improving certain professional skills
Chapter 45 - Chapter 6.Preparation of the health centre or hospital
Chapter 46 - Chapter 6.The training of voluntary health workers
Chapter 47 - Chapter 6.Preparedness activities for the population
Chapter 48 - Annex 1. Diseases to be monitored when people are housed in temporary shelters
Chapter 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
Chapter 50 - Annex 3. Nutrition Recommended daily energy and protein intakes for healthy individuals1
Chapter 51 - Annex 3.Weight-for-height1
Chapter 52 - Annex 3.Arm-circumference-for-height, young children (both sexes)1, 2
Chapter 53 - Annex 3.Indicators of likely need for a supplementary feeding programme (SFP)1
Chapter 54 - Annex 4. What to do in an earthquake
Chapter 55 - Annex 5. Mercalli scale of earthquake intensities (MS)1
Chapter 56 - Annex 6. Community risk maps
Chapter 57 - Annex 7. The signs of danger in disaster-damaged buildings
Chapter 58 - Annex 8. Resource maps
Chapter 59 - Annex 9. Medical equipment of the health centre or hospital for coping with a disaster
Chapter 60 - Annex 10. Outline schedules for self-evaluation in the event of disaster
Chapter 61 - Annex 11. The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (LORCS)
Chapter 62 - Annex 12. A short reading list for local health personnel1
Chapter 3.Monitoring food supplies
When there is a danger of food shortages, the local authority and the community should organize a monitoring system to avoid speculation. It is a question, in particular, of monitoring arrangements for supply, storage and distribution to prevent foodstuffs disappearing from the market to be sold “under the counter” and to control prices.