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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) expands access to health information digitally and free of charge to people around the world. Explore a selection of items from the NLM’s collections related to the revolutionary examples of global health intervention.

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Coping with Natural Disasters: The Role of Local Health Personnel and the Community , World Health Organization and League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 1989

In this guidebook for communities experiencing natural disasters, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, discusses the relationship between communities and outside help and offers advice about responding to specific kinds of disasters.