Safe hospitals: an attainable goal

  • Representación OPS/OMS en Uruguay Programa de Emergencias y Desastres (PED) OPS/OMS

Abstract

The earthquake produced in the Ica region in Peru, in October 2007, allowed us to verify again how fragile the health sector is in the face of events such as the earthquakes: all available hospital infrastructure was lost. The following years have also allowed us to see health facilities out of service due to floods, hurricanes and, finally, the earthquakes at the beginning of this year in Haiti and Chile put the issue back on the table in many of our countries in the region.

For more information on safe hospitals, you can enter the following web addresses:

https://www.paho.org/disasters/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3650:safe-hospitals-new-page&Itemid=1292&lang=en
http://saludydesastres.info/index.php?lang=en

Published
2010-03-31
How to Cite
1.
Programa de Emergencias y Desastres (PED) OPS/OMS RO en U. Safe hospitals: an attainable goal. Rev. Méd. Urug. [Internet]. 2010Mar.31 [cited 2024Nov.15];26(1):3-. Available from: http://www2.rmu.org.uy/ojsrmu311/index.php/rmu/article/view/439
Issue
Vol 26 No 1 (2010): Revista Médica del Uruguay
Section
Editorial
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