PAHO/WHO Publications on Disaster Preparedness

• The book Hospitales seguros ante inundaciones (Keeping hospitals safe from floods) describes the most common effects of flooding on health care facilities and offers recommendations, mitigation and preparedness measures to reduce vulnerability and enhance the existing response capacity of hospitals. This book is available in Spanish only.
• The field manual Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders, produced by the ICRC and WHO, is a brief, practical guide with recommendations for non-specialists on the management, recovery, identification, and disposal of dead bodies in disaster situations. It is available in English and will soon be available in Spanish.
• Practical Guide of Mental Health in Disaster Situations
  These three publications can be downloaded in PDF format at http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ped/home.htm