Paper on disaster preparedness from Afghanistan perspective with emphasis on the role of ARCS / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Afghanistan Delegation and Afghan Red Crescent Society.

At head of title: "International Conference on Disaster Management Cooperative Networking in South Asia, 28th to 30th November 1999, New Delhi"

Spiral bound

Contents include: Socio-economic situation -- The Office for Disaster Preparedness structure -- Population -- Mortality rates -- Social and economic -- Health services -- Types of disasters -- Afghan Red Crescent Society role -- The Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) -- Health -- Immunisation -- Community Based First Aid (CBFA) -- The International Federation in Afghanistan

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