Disaster preparedness and response
While disasters are often unpredictable, the harm they cause can be mitigated or partly prevented. Crises can be triggered by sudden catastrophic evens such as earthquakes, complex and continuing emergencies such as a violent conflict, and slow onset processes such as environmental pollution.
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- Improving mass casualty management in Tajikistan
- Hospital crisis preparedness plans put to the test in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Delegation from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia visits Germany to study implementation of the International Health Regulations
Activities
- Assessing and strengthening health systems’ crisis preparedness
- Disasters triggered by climate change
- Health information management for crisis preparedness
- Hospital resilience and safety
- Training and capacity building
- Health planning for large public events
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Data and statistics
298 830 295 dollars have been lost in economic damage due to natural and man-made disasters and emergencies, not including conflicts and complex emergencies, in the WHO European Region between 1990-2011
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