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New Publications from PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) /WHO (World Health Organization)
"The Consequences of Disasters on Public Health", co-authored by MedTechIQ member Eric K. Noji, MD, was originally published by Oxford University Press in 1999 and is the most widely used educational textbook on disasters. PAHO has just published an updated Spanish version of this important work...
"Impacto de los Desastres en la Salud Pública", Eric K. Noji & Fabio Rivas, 2nd Edition, September 2008
The updated Spanish version has new chapters on the tsunami disaster in south Asia, Hurricane Katrina and the devastating 2007 earthquake in Peru.
Copies are available through the Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID), Apdo. 3745-1000, San José, Costa Rica, fax +506 231-5973, crid@crid.or.cr, http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/crid. Or may be ordered from PAHO/WHO, 525 Twenty-third St., N.W. Washington DC 20037. Free electronic access to the textbook is available from the Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID) and the Ministry of Health of Colombia at the following links:
http://nojieric.org/NOJI_PAHO_PUBS.aspx
http://nojieric.org/NOJI_2ndEdition_DisasterText.aspx
The book offers a close look at the causes of disasters and their consequences for public health, and aims to help improve disaster prevention, monitoring, and response policies. It relies on epidemiology as a basic tool for disaster analysis and control.
This is an essential work of reference for health professionals who must make decisions concerning disaster preparedness, mitigation, and response, and in general for all those interested in reducing the often devastating impact of disasters on public health.
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