Title
Potential vulnerability to flooding at public health facilities in four northern regions of Peru
Other title
Potencial vulnerabilidad frente a inundaciones de los establecimientos de salud públicos de cuatro regiones del norte del Perú.
Date Issued
2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
In order to determine the potential vulnerability of public health facilities in four northern regions of Peru to the possible effects of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. An exploratory spatial analysis was performed using the geo-referenced points for at-risk areas based on the activation of gullies that were reported by the National Water Authority, and the location of the four regional public health facilities of the Ministry of Health. Concentric areas of influence were simulate from the points of risk towards the public health facilities using radii of 200, 1000 and 1500 meters. The Tumbes region would be the most affected with 37.2% of its health facilities being affected by floods and landslides. The I-2 and I-3 categories of health facilities appeared to be the most affected with 28.9% and 31.6% respectively. Therefore, public health facilities near the risk zones may be affected by the ENSO.
Start page
92
End page
99
Volume
33
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84964241007
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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