1. National Disaster Management Practitioners, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Course Objectives Understand the basic terms and concepts used in Community Based Disaster Risk Management To become familiar with the disaster risks, their characteristics and impacts in Pakistan To know the working organization of DRM structure and system in Pakistan To know the roles and responsibilities of community health workers within the overall DRM system in Pakistan

3. Understand the essentials of community emergency preparedness planning To become familiar with health based risk assessment Learn the components of village-level health risk reduction plan To know the importance of Care, Mobilization, Awareness, and Education for reducing the community health risk in a disaster prone community

4. Know about the basic concepts, aims, and elements of emergency response management, including Search and Rescue and First Aid Understand the basic concepts, types and various stages involved in evacuation before or during disasters and emergencies and the health needs that may arise Understand the need for coordination with health service providers and local authorities in the area, and know strategies for coordination

5. Understand the increased exposure of the community to certain health risks and the response required from community-based health workers, with a focus on the most vulnerable Understand the elements of camp management and SPHERE standards Be able to provide basic psychosocial support Be able to coordinate with other health service providers for making referrals and reducing treatment gaps Know the basic concepts, aims and elements of the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

6. Understand the need to review the community health worker and the community response before, during and after the disaster and identify areas for improvement

7. Course outline

8. MODULE 2: Community-based health workers: Actions before a disaster SESSION 2.1: An overview of community emergency preparedness planning SESSION 2.2: Conducting a health-based hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment SESSION 2.3: Developing a village-level health risk reduction plan SESSION 2.4: Reducing community health risks through care, mobilization, awareness and education

9. MODULE 1: Community Based Disaster Risk Management in Pakistan SESSION 1.1: Introduction to Community Based Disaster Risk Management SESSION 1.2: Disaster Risks, Characteristics and Impact In Pakistan SESSION 1.3: DRM Structures and Systems In Pakistan SESSION 1.4: Roles and responsibilities of community health workers within the overall DRM system in Pakistan

10. MODULE 3: Community-based health workers: Actions during a disaster SESSION 3.1: Understanding Emergency Response Management, including Search and Rescue and First Aid SESSION 3.2: Evacuation Management and health needs SESSION 3.3: Coordination with health service providers and local authorities

11. MODULE 4: Community-based health workers: Actions after a disaster – the Humanitarian Response SESSION 4.1: Health risk exposure and community-based health worker responses SESSION 4.2: Camp management and SPHERE standards SESSION 4.3: The basics of providing psychosocial support SESSION 4.4: Coordination, referral and reducing treatment gaps SESSION 4.5: Recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

12. MODULE 5: Community-based health workers: Review and risk reduction process SESSION 5.1: The disaster risk reduction cycle and its management SESSION 5.2: Reviewing the community health response and identifying areas for improvement SESSION 5.3: Roles, Responsibilities and functions of community health workers in disaster risk management