Coordinators:
Victor Rojas, Dana
VanAlphen, Patricia
Gomez
Moderator: José Untama, Roy Barboza, Enrique Garcia, Ovidio
Medina
Rapporteur: Carlos Alvarenga, Anita Huachi, Rosa María Rivas,
Baltazar Mejia, Susy García |
Statement
of the problem and background documents
Approximately 50% of the 15,000 hospitals
in Latin America and the Caribbean are located in high-risk areas.
In the last 20 years, more than 100 hospitals and at least 1,000
health care centers in this region were damaged as a consequence
of natural disasters.
Existing regulations concerning the design
and construction of health facilities must be revised and enforced,
reorienting them toward disaster mitigation,
with the ultimate goal of protecting the lives of patients, staff
and other occupants and ensuring that these facilities can continue
to function during and after a disaster strikes. The knowledge
on how to build safe hospitals exists and is accessible. This
worKgroup discussed and modified the guide for investors and health
managers.
Click below to view the "Guidelines
for Vulnerability Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities."
Click
here to view the Discussion Guide on the
Assessment and Validation of the "Guidelines for Vulnerability
Reduction in the Design of New Health Facilities." (Summary
for Decision Makers) (163 KB)
Conclusions and recommendations of
the work group
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