Guidelines for Assessing Disaster Preparedness in the Health Sector
Acknowledgements
These guidelines were written by Dr. José Luis Zeballos, Regional
Advisor for the Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program
of the Pan American Health Organization.
The author would like to thank Dr. Samir Ben Yahmed, World Health
Organization, Geneva, and Dr. Claude de Ville de Goyet, Pan American Health
Organization, Washington, D.C., for their contributions to and review of this
text.
The publication of this document was made possible with the
financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and
the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance of the United States Agency for
International Development
(OFDA/USAID).
