Health Sector Multi-Hazard Response Framework: Operational Model for Implementing Public Health Emergency Response Functions | NLM

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Health Sector Multi-Hazard Response Framework: Operational Model for Implementing Public Health Emergency Response Functions

11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 11/2019. The main aim of this 56-page Health Sector Multi-Hazard Response Framework (MRF) is to improve the capacity of countries to manage their response to emergencies and disasters in a more efficient and timely manner. The MRF facilitates an operational model that makes it possible to identify response activities, taking into account all existing hazards, and to carry out those activities within a national framework based on the organization of the health sector. (PDF)