The 2015 Nepal earthquake disaster: lessons learned one year on

Public Health

Volumn 145, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-44

  Hall, M L ^a   Lee, A C K ^a   Cartwright, C ^a   Maharatta, S ^b   Karki, J ^c   Simkhada, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c PHASE Nepal   (Nepal)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster; Earthquake; Nepal

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARMED FORCES; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GORKHA EARTHQUAKE 2015; HEALTH WORKER; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER;

ARMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARTHQUAKE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; NATURAL DISASTER; NEPAL; NEPALESE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBAN AREA; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

NEPAL;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEPAL; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 85009912706     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.12.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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