Disaster Reports Number 5: Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica, September, 1988

Publication language
English
Pages
44pp
Date published
01 Sep 1988
Type
After action & learning reviews
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, Disasters, Hurricanes, Shelter and housing
Countries
Jamaica
Organisations
Pan American Health Organization
Link
http://helid.desastres.net/en/d/Jph19de/8.html

Objectives: To share lessons learned from this natural disaster as a step towards avoiding costly mistakes in the future

Focus: Health and Nutrition survellance, Environmental health and water quality surveillance, relief shelters, preparedness and response, lessons learned