Community Emergency Preparedness: A Manual for Managers and Policy-makers

![][1] World Health Organization, £27, pp 147 ISBN: 92 4 154519 4 Rating: ![Graphic][2] ![Graphic][3] ![Graphic][4] This short manual offers a blueprint to help local, national, or international organisations prepare for community emergencies. The book focuses on the planning process, which is a logical approach when trying to help diverse communities get ready for a broad spectrum of situations. Although the authors use specialised terminology such as “vulnerability reduction” and “emergency preparedness,” the book is consistent with principles of strategic planning that have been validated in other environments. For example, … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [4]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  British medical journal

• Publication date

  2001-02-24

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1136/BMJ.322.7284.497/A
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