The Role of the World Health Organization in Disasters

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The social objective of WHO is health for all by the year 2000 through primary health care. This means that by the year 2000 people should lead economically and socially acceptable lives. The elements of primary health care are: essential drugs, water supply and sanitation; nutrition; immunization; and control of epidemics and endemic diseases. These elements will help us attain the social objective mentioned above. The elements should however be affordable, acceptable and accessible to the people concerned.

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Tekle, A. (1995). The Role of the World Health Organization in Disasters. In The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000 (pp. 582–585). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0361-6_98

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