Policy development in disaster preparedness and management: Lessons learned from the January 2001 earthquake in Gujarat, India

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 372-384

  Bremer, Rannveig ^a  

^a Joint Medical Services Military Medical Training and Competence Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aid; coordination; disaster management; disaster preparedness; disaster relief; disaster responses; earthquake; humanitarian; India; intelligence; need assessment; policy development; preparedness; primary health care; public health; risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TIME;

DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RELIEF WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344643960     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001345     Document Type: Article

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