Health Response to the Earthquake in Haiti - January 2010

Lessons to be learned for the next massive sudden-onset disaster

This book presents lessons to be learned from Haiti with the aim of improving the health sector’s response in major, sudden-onset disasters in the future. It also identifies opportunities provided by the disaster for making significant changes in health services in Haiti. One of the key lessons is that coordination can only be effective where national authorities are equipped to assume leadership and establish relief and recovery priorities.

Flip Chart on Safe Hospitals

This tool is intended to call on a community, a school, or a rural health center to be partners and participants in the promotion of Hospitals Safe from Disasters. It has an entertaining format and design, and it teaches by using simple and direct language. Each illustrated sheet presents only the most important ideas; pictures are accompanied by short, simple text written in a font that is easy to read. The flip chart's objectives are to inform, motivate and educate, and can be used to work with a variety of audiences.

Virtual Journey through a Safe Hospital

Multimedia Training Program on Hospitals Safe from Disasters

Take a virtual tour of a hospital that is safe from disasters, using this new, easy-to-use DVD that combines video and 3-D animation to explore the elements that put health facilities at risk. The virtual learning environment also includes a library of publications and several PowerPoint presentations.

Climate Change and Disaster Programs in the Health Sector

Issue 110 - October 2008

This edition's editorial focuses on climate change and disaster programs in the health sector, as changes in climate have had a direct impact on recent disasters. This edition is the first with a new 12-page format, which includes an interview section--PAHO's Director is the first subject--a section on safe hospitals and one on perspectives.

Hospital Safety Index - Evaluation Forms

The Evaluation Forms for Safe Hospitals are divided in two parts: Form 1 collects general information about the health facility, and should be completed prior to the evaluation of the health facility. Form 2 (Safe Hospital Checklist)is used to assess the level of safety of 145 areas of the health facility.