Asbestos in Emergencies: Safer Handling and Breaking the Cycle

Publication language
English
Pages
36pp
Date published
01 Jan 2006
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Health, Shelter and housing
Organisations
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

This booklet is a simple and practical guide for transitional settlement and reconstruction
practitioners. It aims to provide basic background information on asbestos and its
associated health risks. It provides key recommendations for minimising the risks
of dealing with asbestos in post-disaster transitional settlement and reconstruction
operations and suggests further reading sources for more in-depth technical information.
This project is funded via the Shelter Centre Conflict and Humanitarian Fund Programme
supported by DFID.