Disaster Reduction in the Last Decade by the Ministry of Health

• 来源期刊: 中国减灾（英文版）
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: disaster reduction health
• 年，卷（期）: 2001,（1）
• 页码范围: 36-41
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: X4
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The Ministry of Health has been an active participant in the activities of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Following the assignment of the Government, the Ministry has taken the responsibility of conducting disaster relief and disease prevention in cooperation with departments concerned, and effectively prevented the happening and spreading of major epidemic diseases whenever the country suffered a catastrophic natural disaster. It has secured the health and safety of the people, avoided serious epidemics in disastrous years, and won great victories over disasters and diseases. The work of the Ministry is summarized as follows: