E-DRUG: Interagency Emergency Health Kit 2006
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Dear E-Druggers
We would like to inform you that The Interagency Emergency Health Kit
2006 (IEHK 2006) is available on the WHO Medicines website:
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/mrhealthkit.pdf
It is the third edition of the WHO Emergency Health Kit which was
initially launched in 1990. The update of this third edition was a joint
effort of WHO in collaboration with a large number of organizations and
agencies of the United Nations system and international and
nongovernmental organizations.
The aim of the emergency health kit is to encourage the standardization
of medicines and medical supplies (renewable and equipment) needed in
emergencies and disasters to permit an effective response with medicines
and medical devices by means of standard, pre-packed kits that could be
kept in readiness to meet priority health needs in disaster situations.
Its content is based on the health needs of 10,000 persons for a period
of three months.
Over the years the concept of the emergency health kit has been adopted
by many organizations and national authorities as a reliable,
standardized and quickly available source of the essential medicines and
medical devices (renewable and equipment) urgently needed in a disaster
situation.
WHO encourages all countries, national and international organizations
and agencies, and donors to use The Interagency Emergency Health Kit
2006 when being called upon to respond urgently to emergencies or
disasters.
Best regards,
Marthe M Everard
Technical Officer
Policy, Access, and Rational Use (PAR)
Medicines Policy and Standards (PSM)
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel : # 41 22 791 3835
Fax: # 41 22 791 4167
E-mail: everardm@who.int
http: www.who.int/medicines/