Puerto Rico ' s Community Health Centers: Struggling to Recover in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health. 11/2017 This 11-page issue brief details how in the wake of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico ' s health centers, which serve one in 10 residents, are helping to address urgent and emerging health care needs, at a time when communication is limited and access to electricity and clean water remains scarce. The authors make an urgent case for federal aid to restore health center services. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news