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13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America
Pages 55-57

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... DISASTER INFORMATION IN LATIN AMERICA The three main categories of users of disaster information in the Americas are academics and scientists, policy and decision makers, and disaster and risk managers. The disaster and risk managers influence the decision makers in taking preventive measures in a country.
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... It promotes technical cooperation and knowledge sharing between countries. NLM is a world reference health information center and offers free access to health information, including PubMed Central, the most consulted medical database on the Internet.
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... The project demonstrates that a simple arrangement between good partners can make information available to a large number of lower-income professionals in poor countries. The active dissemination of good quality but free information is the main asset of the Regional Disaster Information Network.
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