PAHO HEADQUARTERS

Dr. Jean Luc Poncelet
Chief, Emergency Preparedness

ADDRESS

Pan American Health Organization
Emergency Preparedness Program
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A.
(202) 974-3399
(202) 775-4578 (Fax)
E-mail: disaster@paho.org

THE CARIBBEAN

Mr. Ivan Alert
Subregional Office in Barbados

ADDRESS

Pan American Health Organization
P. O. Box 508
Bridgetown, Barbados
Tel: (246) 436-6448
Fax: (246) 436-6447
E-mail: alertiva@cpc.paho.org
http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/carib/

CENTRAL AMERICA

Subregional Office in Costa Rica

ADDRESS

Programa de Desastres
Pan American Health Organization
Apartado Postal 3745
San José, 1000, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 224-6941; 224-6395; 224-6690
Fax: (506) 224-7758
E-mail: velezb@hon.ops-oms.org

SOUTH AMERICA

Dr. Alejandro Santander
Subregional Office in Ecuador

ADDRESS

Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Apartado Postal 17-07-8982
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: (593-2) 2460 277; 2460 274
Fax: (593-2) 2256 174
E-mail: asantand@ecu.ops-oms.org and pedecu@ecu.ops-oms.org
http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/PED-Ecuador/desastre/index.html

INTERCOUNTRY PROJECTS

SUMA PROJECT

REGIONAL DISASTER INFORMATION CENTER (CRID)

Mr. Dave Zervaas
c/o Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Apartado Postal 3745
San José, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 296-3952 Fax: (506) 231-5973
E-mail: crid@crid.or.cr

VULNERABILITY REDUCTION PROJECT IN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MITCH

Dr. Beatriz Velez
Pan American Health Organization
Apartado Postal 728
Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras
Tel: (504) 221-3718 Ext.142 or (504) 235-6851
Fax: (504) 221-3706
E-mail: velezb@hon.ops-oms.org
http://www.disaster.info.desastres.net/saludca/desastresCR/

WATER AND SANITATION MITIGATION/PREPAREDNESS

Mr. Claudio Osorio
Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering
and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS)
Calle Los Pinos 259, Urbanización Camacho
Lima 12, Perú
Tel: (51-1)437-1077
Fax: (51-1) 437-8289
E-mail: cosorio@cepis.ops-oms.org
http://www.cepis.ops-oms.org/indexeng.html

HOSPITAL MITIGATION

Presently being handled by Subregional Offices in Costa Rica, Barbados and Ecuador.

EL NIÑO PHENOMENON

Dr. Alejandro Santander
c/o Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Apartado Postal 17-07-8982
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: (593-2) 2460 277; 2460 274
E-mail: asantand@ecu.ops-oms.org and pedecu@ecu.ops-oms.org