Solid Waste Management in Disaster Situations

Posted in Issue 94 January 2004 Pub. and Multimedia

The first book in a series on Environmental Health and Disasters, Solid Waste Management in Disaster Situations, is a guide that answers questions based on the experience of Latin America and the Caribbean. It is directed to environmental health technicians, health professionals and others in charge of maintaining basic health services to protect the population. The publication complements the guidelines and basic instructions with case studies from different types of disasters that affected the Region. Print copies (in Spanish only) can be requested from the Editor or download a copy from www.paho.org/disasters (click on Publications Catalog).