United States Department of Health & Human Services: Disasters and Emergencies THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. Here one can find resource information on disasters and emergency preparedness, emergency response resources, emergency medical services, natural disasters, mental health and traumatic events.
World Health Organisation: Earthquakes- Technical Hazard Sheet- Natural Disaster Profile
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Here it provides the technical hazard sheet for earthquakes including the factors for vulnerability, main causes of morbidity and mortality and mitigation measures against earthquakes.
U.S DEPARTMENT of STATE: Crisis Preparedness The mission of the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA) is to administer laws, formulate regulations and implement policies relating to the broad range of consular services and immigration. Here it focusses on the crisis awareness, crisis preparedness issues for U.S citizens abroad.
