About us
In the early 1970s the World Health Organization established the Office of Emergency Relief Operations, and, a few years later, the United Nations created the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
In October 1979, together with these organizations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino held an International Conference on the theme:
"The Defense of Society from Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean Basin."
In October 1979, together with these organizations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San Marino held an International Conference on the theme:
"The Defense of Society from Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean Basin."
In February 1986, San Marino hosted a European Workshop on "Educational Aspects of Health in Disasters" and, on that occasion, the project of establishing a Center for Disaster Medicine in San Marino was proposed.
The Ministers of State for Foreign and Internal Affairs accepted the invitation and, following the adhesion of the Republic of San Marino to the Council of Europe's Open Partial Agreement against Major Natural and Technological Hazards, the CEMEC was officially established in San Marino on November 27, 1986.
The Ministers of State for Foreign and Internal Affairs accepted the invitation and, following the adhesion of the Republic of San Marino to the Council of Europe's Open Partial Agreement against Major Natural and Technological Hazards, the CEMEC was officially established in San Marino on November 27, 1986.
The Center became operational in October 1987.
Since then, the CEMEC, operating under the aegis of the Council of Europe and the WHO, has pursued the mission of mitigating the consequences of natural and technological disasters by spreading awareness of disaster medicine and training emergency workers. All of this has been done in the shared awareness that education for prevention and safety is also embodied in a continuous learning process.
Since then, the CEMEC, operating under the aegis of the Council of Europe and the WHO, has pursued the mission of mitigating the consequences of natural and technological disasters by spreading awareness of disaster medicine and training emergency workers. All of this has been done in the shared awareness that education for prevention and safety is also embodied in a continuous learning process.
In recent decades, international organizations, authorities and national institutions have found the need to seek coordinated responses and greater collaboration to deal with increasingly frequent and severe disasters, whether natural or man-made.
Thus, Disaster Medicine was born out of the need to unify the experiences and skills of specialists who participate in various capacities in the health care system in case of a major emergency. Its task is to divulge a concept of medicine different from the traditional one.
This is a concept marked by specific issues also involving non-health care workers. They need to be educated on the matter so that they are able to respond correctly and professionally to an exceptional event in which they are involved.