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World Health Day



Earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, floods ─the South-East Asia Region regularly faces some of the world’s worst natural disasters.

Health facilities provide crucial lifesaving services in a disaster.  If they collapse it is a double blow to an already devastated community.

The difference between a safe and unsafe hospital is negligible.  But the investment can make the difference between life and death.

We call on 1 million people to help us tell decision-makers that our hospitals must be made safe from disasters.

We also call on health professionals, engineers, architects, city planners, financial institutions, policy- and decision-makers to come together to Save Lives:
Make Hospitals Safe in Emergencies.

 

 

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World Health Organization  

The 7.2 magnitude earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2009, damaged 10 hospitals and 53 community health centres.

Two-thirds of health facilities were damaged when Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwady delta in Myanmar in 2008.