Strategic Framework for Emergency Preparedness

World Health Organization. 01/24/2017 This 29-page document provides a high-level, strategic, unifying framework that outlines what is needed for emergency preparedness. Its main objective is to strengthen country and community emergency preparedness in order to ensure a timely, efficient, and effective response to events, including local and national outbreaks of infectious diseases that have the potential to cross borders; epidemics and pandemics; and other types of emergencies caused by natural, technological, and societal hazards that can have a significant impact on people ' s health and on society. (PDF)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news