Mesa G

Language: English
References: 7
Page: 5-8
PDF size: 169.59 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Over the past few years, the most important disasters affecting Cuba have caused minimal loss of human life: suffice to note that just 28 lives were lost in the 13 hurricanes and tropical storms that hit the country from 2001 to 2007. But this was not always the case. In 1963, over 1,200 people died in Hurricane Flora alone.

REFERENCES

1. Civil Defense High Command. La reducción de desastres y los ciclones tropicales en Cuba. Defensa Civil de Cuba. 2006; (1):5-10.

2. PNUD. Informe sobre desarrollo humano 2007-2008. New York. 2007.

3. Ministerio de Salud Pública. Anuario Estadístico de Salud 2006. Havana, 2007.

4. Bello, B. La medicina de desastres: su inclusión en la formación del médico general integral. Power point. Enrique Cabrera Faculty of Medical Sciences, Havana, December, 2007.

5. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Press Release: Campaign launched on hospitals safe from disasters. UN/ISDR 2008/2. 24Jan08. WHO, Geneva.

6. Conde H, García V. Preparación del sector salud para casos de emergencias y desastres. In: Gerencia de Desastres en Cuba. 2003. Red Caribeña para Información sobre Desastres (CARDIN). University of the West Indies, Jamaica. p.38-41.

7. Mesa, G. Estructura del plan contra desastres. Power point presentation. CLAMED, Havana. 2008.