COPING WITH NATURAL DISASTERS: THE ROLE OF LOCAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND THE COMMUNITY

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

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