Open AccessTerremotos en El Salvador
Author(s) -
de Ville de Goyet C
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
revista panamericana de salud pública
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1680-5348
pISSN - 1020-4989
DOI - 10.1590/s1020-49892001000200011
Subject(s) - damages , natural disaster , geography , emergency management , environmental health , political science , business , medicine , meteorology , law
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has 25 years of experience dealing with major natural disasters. This piece provides a preliminary review of the events taking place in the weeks following the major earthquakes in El Salvador on 13 January and 13 February 2001. It also describes the lessons that have been learned over the last 25 years and the impact that the El Salvador earthquakes and other disasters have had on the health of the affected populations. Topics covered include mass-casualties management, communicable diseases, water supply, managing donations and international assistance, damages to the health-facilities infrastructure, mental health, and PAHO's role in disasters.