TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - You Can't Stop the Rain: José Betancourt, MD, Cuban Civil Defense
JO  - MEDICC review
A1  - Reed, Gail
SP  - 14
EP  - 16
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - The year 2005 was a watershed for disaster management worldwide and also in Cuba. Representatives of every continent met in Japan, hammering out the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015), an international blueprint for risk reduction strategies and a guide for developing national platforms. In Cuba, a spate of devastating hurricanes the year before led to a reassessment of how the country was managing disasters, and to the 2005 comprehensive overhaul of national, provincial, and municipal disaster planning.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1555-7960
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -