Nuclear accidents – harmonization of the public health response: report on a WHO meeting, Geneva, 10–13 November 1987

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dc.coverageCopenhagen
dc.creatorWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
dc.date2025-08-21T20:53:42Z
dc.date2025-08-21T20:53:42Z
dc.date1989-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T15:39:54Z
dc.description111 p.
dc.descriptionContains summaries in French, German and Russian
dc.descriptionFollowing a resolution of the thirty-sixth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe, made in September 1986, a special project on the public health response to nuclear accidents was established. It placed special emphasis on reviewing the experience gained from the Chernobyl accident of April 1986, stimulating long-term epidemiological studies and providing guidance on a harmonized public health response system appropriate to European conditions in the event of another accident with transfrontier consequences. In September 1987, the thirty-seventh session of the Regional Committee reviewed the progress made and approved a second resolution, which provided further guidance to the WHO Regional Director for Europe on the direction the project should take. To assist in the progress of the project and to assess the work done so far, 33 senior experts, with representatives of six international organizations, formed the Working Group on European Harmonization of Public Health Actions in Relation to Nuclear Accidents, meeting in Geneva in November 1987. The main aim of the Working Group was to provide appropriate advice for the harmonization of public health measures in Europe, to minimize the possible harm to health resulting from widespread radioactive contamination following a nuclear accident. To accomplish its task, the Group reviewed the experience gained from the Chernobyl accident and recommended further essential follow-up activities.
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dc.identifierICP/CEH 013
dc.identifier9289012765 (print)
dc.identifier9789289012768 (print)
dc.identifier0250-8710 (print)
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/382357
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/275087
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
dc.relationEURO reports and studies;110
dc.rightsWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectNuclear Reactors
dc.subjectRadioactive Hazard Release
dc.subjectRadioactivity
dc.subjectDisaster Planning
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectCongress
dc.subjectUSSR
dc.subjectEurope
dc.titleNuclear accidents – harmonization of the public health response: report on a WHO meeting, Geneva, 10–13 November 1987
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