Interagency Emergency Health Kit

A substitution of the New Emergency Health Kit has been launched by WHO. Missionpharma has contributed to the development of the kit and is one of the distributors.

The new kit is called Interagency Emergency Health Kit 2006 (IEHK 2006) and it is the third edition of the WHO Emergency Health Kit which was initially launched in 1990.

The aim of the emergency health kit is to encourage the standardisation of medicines and medical supplies (renewable and equipment) needed in emergencies and disasters to permit an effective response with medicines and medical devices by means of standard, pre-packed kits that could be kept in readiness to meet priority health needs in disaster situations. Its content is based on the health needs of 10,000 persons for a period of three months.

WHO encourages all countries, national and international organisations and agencies, and donors to use the Interagency Emergency Health Kit 2006 when being called upon to respond urgently to emergencies or disasters.

(Source: WHO website, Read more )