Lessons from the Chilean Earthquake: How a Human Rights Framework Facilitates Disaster Response

• 2011

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• MaryCatherine Arbour; Kara Murray; Felipe Arriet; Cecilia Moraga; Miguel Cordero Vega
PMID: 22772964

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This article discusses the 2010 earthquake in Chile and how the rights-based public health system, Chile Grows With You, played a crucial role in guiding disaster response to safeguard vulnerable populations. Created three years prior to the earthquake, Chile Grows With You focused on child rights and development, establishing intersectoral mechanisms and relationships between governmental groups. The system's approach included providing universal access and support for all Chilean children, with extra attention given to those at higher risk. The disaster response showcased how a rights-based framework enabled effective organization, prioritization, and sustained action to protect and assist children and families post-earthquake.

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Focus Area: Natural Disasters

Audience: Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child Welfare; Chile; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Earthquakes; Family; Health Services Accessibility; Human Rights; Public Health; Public Health Administration; Relief Work; Vulnerable Populations

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital

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