There are different ways to access the publications and other training materials listed in this catalog. Owing to budgetary limitations and the high costs of distribution, there are restrictions on the free distribution of all of this material.

CRID (The Regional Disaster Information Center) is able to distribute a limited number of copies of the material in this catalog at no charge to institutions in the health sector working in disaster reduction activities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The address for CRID is: Apartado Postal 1455-1011 Y Griega, San José - Costa Rica.

Most of this material can be consulted at the offices of the PAHO/WHO Representatives in the countries of the Region and the subregional offices of the PAHO/WHO Area on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief .

Requests for publications from outside of Latin America and the Caribbean should be sent to the PAHO Office of Publications, or through their sales service on the Internet (http://publications.paho.org/). We request all sales agents and commercial entities to make their requests through this office. Please write:

Publications Office, MDS, Pan American Health Organization 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, EUA Fax: 202-338 0869; e-mail: sales@paho.org.

 

Finally, remember that most of this material is available in electronic format at www.paho.org/disasters. The books are included in the Virtual Health Library for Disasters.

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