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LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Risk management is a complex process that in-
volves planning and implementation of policies,
strategies, tools and measures to prevent, re-
duce, predict and control adverse effects of haz-
ardous events on people, goods and services and
the environment.
Integrated actions to reduce risks through pre-
vention, mitigation, preparedness, emergency re-
sponse and recovery must be framed within legal
regulations.
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in-
cludes several articles on the activities that health
institutions should undertake to deal with situa-
tions caused by emergencies and disasters that
threaten the public health:
Article 32: Establishes health as a right.
Article 35: Focuses on priority groups of the most
vulnerable people to natural and anthropogenic
disasters.
Article 389 and 390: Related to the obligation to
implement Risk Management in daily administra-
tive activities.
Art 358, 359, 360, 361.362: Purpose, composi-
tion, functioning of the National Health System.
Article 365: Prohibits denying of private and public
emergency care.
The Organic Law of the National Health System
establishes the principles and general rules for
the organization and functioning of the National
Health System. Its core objective is to guarantee
equal and universal access to comprehensive
health services through the operation of a network
of specialized services, promoting coordination
and development of respective institutions.
STRATEGIC PLAN DIPLASEDE
VISION: Lead the National Network of Risk Man-
agement, Emergency and Disaster Response in
the health sector.
MISSION: Promote the Prevention of Emergency
situations and Risk Mitigation in the Health Sec-
tor, in coordination with all the relevant sectors
and the society in general.
GENERAL PURPOSE:
Prepare the Health sector and the community for
risk mitigation and other measures taken in case
Thermal waters are healthy, like those of Papallacta
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