Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide
Edited by B. Wisner and J. Adams
The WHO Guide to sanitation in natural disasters (Assar, 1971) summarized the essential aspects of environmental health management in disasters. These included the provision of emergency water and sanitation services; the burial or cremation of the dead; vector and pest control; food hygiene; and the assessment of the danger of epidemics following emergencies and disasters, etc. Thirty years later these aspects remain essential, though the needs, challenges and opportunities are greater.
The present book deals not only with emergency response, but also with measures designed to reduce the impact of disasters on environmental health infrastructure, such as water supply and sanitation facilities. It also aims to strengthen the ability of people to withstand the disruption of their accustomed infrastructure and systems for environmental health (e.g. shelter, water supply, sanitation, vector control etc.) and to recover rapidly.
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Table of contents, Preface, Acknowledgements
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Chapter 1. About this book
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Chapter 2. The nature of emergencies and disasters
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Chapter 3. Predisaster activities
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Chapter 4. Emergency response
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Chapter 5. Recovery and sustainable development
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Chapter 6. Shelter and emergency settlements
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Chapter 7. Water supply
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Chapter 8. Sanitation
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Chapter 9. Food safety
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Chapter 10. Vector and pest control
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Chapter 11. Control of communicable diseases and prevention of epidemics
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Chapter 12. Chemical incidents
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Chapter 13. Radiation emergencies
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Chapter 14. Mortuary service and handling of the dead
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Chapter 15. Health promotion and community participation
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Chapter 16. Human resources
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References
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Annexes 1 to 3
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Annexes 4 to 6
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Publishing and ordering information
© World Health Organization 2003
ISBN 92 4 154541 0
272 pages, English only
Order No. 11500487