Documents. 1  Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World: guidelines for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation. 2  Report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18â22 January 2005 in PDF format. 3  Timetable for Kobe conference in PDF format.
Bessie Blount, was a physical therapist who worked with soldiers injured in W.W.II. Her war service inspired her to patent a device, in 1951, that allowed amputees to feed themselves.
Dr. Patricia Bath. We continued our unit on Black History today and were excited to learn about Dr. Patricia Bath! Dr. Bath was the first African American to receive a patent for a medical invention. She changed the world of ophthalmology when she invented the Laserphaco Probe which is used to treat cataracts. In her honor we talked about what a trip to the eye doctor may be like.