Health Sector Recovery

Disasters and emergencies often have disproportionate impacts on a country’s health system and the overall health of women, men, girls, and boys. The interruptions of routine public health programs, such as vaccination campaigns, are common in the...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/952301587451254396/Health-Sector-Recovery
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spelling okr-10986-336822021-05-25T09:36:25Z Health Sector Recovery World Bank GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTHCARE SERVICES RECONSTRUCTION Disasters and emergencies often have disproportionate impacts on a country’s health system and the overall health of women, men, girls, and boys. The interruptions of routine public health programs, such as vaccination campaigns, are common in the wake of a disaster, setting back gains to overall public health. This guidance note for post- disaster health sector recovery is intended to provide action-oriented guidance to local and central government health sector officials who face post-disaster challenges related to health sector recovery. It lays out the policy, planning, financial, and implementation decisions and activities that go into developing and putting into effect a health sector recovery plan. Additionally, common pitfalls are outlined as well as ways to overcome them. The note is structured around three phases: immediate, or initial recovery efforts as the sector transitions from response to recovery; short-term, or recovery planning and initial implementation; and medium-term reconstruction efforts. 2020-05-04T16:37:29Z 2020-05-04T16:37:29Z 2020 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/952301587451254396/Health-Sector-Recovery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33682 English Disaster Recovery Guidance Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
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topic GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
RECONSTRUCTION
spellingShingle GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
RECONSTRUCTION
World Bank
Health Sector Recovery
relation Disaster Recovery Guidance Series;
description Disasters and emergencies often have disproportionate impacts on a country’s health system and the overall health of women, men, girls, and boys. The interruptions of routine public health programs, such as vaccination campaigns, are common in the wake of a disaster, setting back gains to overall public health. This guidance note for post- disaster health sector recovery is intended to provide action-oriented guidance to local and central government health sector officials who face post-disaster challenges related to health sector recovery. It lays out the policy, planning, financial, and implementation decisions and activities that go into developing and putting into effect a health sector recovery plan. Additionally, common pitfalls are outlined as well as ways to overcome them. The note is structured around three phases: immediate, or initial recovery efforts as the sector transitions from response to recovery; short-term, or recovery planning and initial implementation; and medium-term reconstruction efforts.
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title Health Sector Recovery
title_short Health Sector Recovery
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title_fullStr Health Sector Recovery
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/952301587451254396/Health-Sector-Recovery
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