2018, Number S1
S19: Morelos State government’s response in health
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ABSTRACT
On September 19th, 2017, an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded to the Southeast of Axochiapan in Morelos, Mexico. The seism left a total of 74 deaths, more than 20 000 households affected, and produced the evacuation of 18 hospitals and 281 primary health care units. Two months later, actions by the Health Sector regarding the assistance of the affected population continued. The numbers went from 3 173 people concentrated in 49 temporary shelters at its maximum peak, to a total of 1 512 people in 23 temporary shelters, with the implementation of public health actions such as: sanitary risks protection, epidemiological surveillance, health promotion, disease prevention, health attention and rehabilitation. This article describes the Health Sector’s response during and after the earthquake, with the purpose of providing an evidence-based public health perspective for emergency situations.REFERENCES
Secretaría de Gobernación. Boletín de Prensa número 312/17, Declaratoria de Emergencia Extraordinaria por la presencia de sismo magnitud 7.1 con epicentro a 12 km. al sureste del Municipio de Axochiapan en el Estado de Morelos, el día 19 de septiembre de 2017, en 33 municipios del Estado de Morelos, México: Diario Oficial de la Federación, 2017.
Poder Ejecutivo del Gobierno del Estado de Morelos. Acuerdo por el que se declaran cinco días de luto oficial y se ordena el izamiento a media asta de la bandera nacional en el Estado de Morelos, con motivo de las lamentables pérdidas humanas sufridas por el sismo ocurrido el 19 de septiembre del 2017. Cuernavaca, Morelos: Periódico Oficial “Tierra y Libertad; Núm 5537, 19 de septiembre de 2017.