Risk Management Disaster Risk Assessment in Health Sector Dr. Qudsia Huda EHA EMRO

Growing need of DRM in EMR

Disaster Risk Management The systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster

Possible 3 steps The collection of basic data on disaster risk and the development of planning tools to track the relationship between development policy and disaster risk The collection and dissemination of best practice in development planning and policy that reduce disaster risk The galvanizing of political will to reorient both the development and disaster management sectors

Risk assessment Risk reduction Risk communication Disaster Risk Management

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Risk Assessment Risk Hazard x Vulnerability Capacity

Risk Mapping

How do we assess risk? Analyzing hazard: identifying risks Analyzing vulnerabilities: assessing risks Assessing Capacity: monitoring risks

Capacity assessment with all hazard approach?

HEALTH SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCKS Stewardship and Governance Health Workforce Medical products, vaccines and technology Health Information Health Financing Service Delivery

The Elements of HS Stewardship and Governance Health Workforce Medical products, vaccines and technology Health InformationHealth FinancingService Delivery  National multisectoral emergency management legal framework  Human resources for health emergency management  Medical supplies and equipment for emergency response operations  Information management systems for risk reduction and emergency preparedness programmes  National and sub-national financing strategies for health emergency management  Response capacity and capability  Health sector emergency management legal framework  Information management systems for emergency response and recovery  Emergency Medical Services System and mass casualty management  National multisectoral institutional framework for emergency management  Risk communication  Management of hospitals in mass casualty incidents  Health sector institutional framework for emergency management  Continuity of essential health programs and services  Health sector emergency management programme components  Logistics and operational support functions in emergencies

Community Risk Assessment Exercise