Preparing for the Future of Disaster Health Volunteerism: Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief

National Academies Press. 08/2017 This nine-page document summarizes presentations and discussions from a workshop on disaster health volunteerism held on April 26, 2017, during a four-hour session of the 2017 Preparedness Summit. Participants discussed potential characteristics of society in the year 2042, and the key resources, tools, and opportunities necessary to support the development of a robust, scalable, and regularly engaged disaster health volunteer workforce prepared for such a future. (Text)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news