Credits

The technical material was prepared jointly by the Program on Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief and the Essential Drugs and Technology Program-Health Systems and Services Development Division, of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization.

In addition, the WHO Collaborating Center on Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities, (University of Chile), contributed to the graphic PowerPoint presentation.

The opinions expressed, recommendations formulated and denominations employed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the criteria or the policies of the Pan American Health Organization.

The Pan American Health Organization will give favorable consideration to requests to reproduce or translate this publication, both partially and in its entirety, as long as the purpose is not-for-profit. Requests may be directed to the Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program or the Essential Drugs and Technology Program, at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, USA, disaster-publications@paho.org.

The production of this material was made possible thanks to financial support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (through the Grant/Cooperative Agreement number 318446), the Division of International Humanitarian Assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency, and the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (OFDA/USAID).