Protecting New Health Facilities from Natural Disasters

Technical knowledge and experience have taught us that it is possible to reduce to a minimum the risks and damage caused by disasters if preventive measures are incorporated early in the design, construction and maintenance of new health facilities. What this complex issue needs now is greater visibility in political and development agendas in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is the premise of the Guidelines for Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities for those respon