Safe Hospitals

Keeping hospitals safe from disasters

Created to disseminate and promote the concept and strategy of Safe Hospital, with a comprehensive perspective, that includes not only the health sector. It explains what a safe hospital is and why it is essential to have a safe hospitals. Includes political and technical testimony which show the commitment that already exists in many countries regarding this subject, and presents examples of good practices in Latin America, breaking the myth that it is very expensive or impossible to build a hospital than can continue being operational after a disaster.

Virtual Health Library for Disasters

English, Spanish and French

An electronic collection of more than 500 public health publications on disaster reduction and complex emergencies in full text.

(C) Why Are We Still Building Unsafe Hospitals?

Why are hospitals still being built without the necessary safeguards to ensure they can function after a disaster, even though the necessary knowledge exists and is readily available?

Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities. Wind Effects

This CD focuses on reducing the structural, non-structural and functional vulnerability of hospitals and other health facilities from high winds caused by hurricanes.

Safe Hospitals - A Collective Responsibility

A Global Measure of Disaster Reduction

This is a promotion tool for the Safe Hospitals initiative. It summarizes recommendations for authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean to implement mitigation measures in hospitals.