Political Will, Coordination, and Planning

Key Components for Strengthening National Response to Public Health Emergencies and Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries

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ID11034455
AuthorsCiro Ugarte (Ciro Ugarte and Julie Mauvernay are with the Health Emergencies Department at the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Pablo Aguilar Alcala is an independent consultant based in Gaithersburg, MD.), Pablo Aguilar Alcala (Ciro Ugarte and Julie Mauvernay are with the Health Emergencies Department at the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Pablo Aguilar Alcala is an independent consultant based in Gaithersburg, MD.), Julie Mauvernay (Ciro Ugarte and Julie Mauvernay are with the Health Emergencies Department at the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. Pablo Aguilar Alcala is an independent consultant based in Gaithersburg, MD.)
Year2018
Volume108
IssueS3
PagesS209-S211
Publication date2018-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304639
PMID30192664
OpenAlexW2890536348
LanguageEN
References cited3

An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about political will, emergency planning, and coordination in relation to an effort to improve responses to disasters and public health emergencies in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) as of 2018. The Ministries of Health in the LAC and the Pan American Health Organization's Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination program are examined, along with safe hospitals and an Emergency Medical Teams Initiative

Caribbean region · Computer security · Development economics · Disaster response · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental health · Key (lock) · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Public health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

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