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Disaster risk management for health: chemical safety
Disaster Risk Management for Health Fact Sheets:
This fact sheet about chemical safety in disaster risk management for health is divided into four sections: i) Key points ii) Why is this important? iii) What are the health risks? iv) Risk management considerations.
Chemical safety key points: prevention of chemical emergencies, preparation for a chemical release, detection and alert, response and recovery.
- Date:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 2 p.
- Sources:
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- World Health Organization (WHO)
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
- Public Health England (PHE)
Related Links
- Disaster Risk Management: overview
- Disaster risk management for health: child health
- Disaster risk management for health: climate risk management
- Disaster risk management for health: communicable diseases
- Disaster risk management for health: mass casualty management
- Disaster risk management for health: mass fatalities/dead bodies
- Disaster risk management for health: mental health and psychosocial support
- Disaster risk management for health: non-communicable diseases
- Disaster risk management for health: nutrition
- Disaster risk management for health: people with disabilities and older people
- Disaster risk management for health: radiation emergencies
- Disaster risk management for health: safe hospitals, prepared for emergencies and disasters
- Disaster risk management for health: sexual and reproductive health
- Disaster risk management for health: water, sanitation and hygiene
Keywords
- Themes:
- Health & Health Facilities, Disaster Risk Management
- Hazards:
- NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
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