Community and Health emergency Management Dr: Khawla Al-Hoti Family physician. Director of health services, Quriyat Willayt MRCGP,ARAB BOARD, Diploma in diabetes &Diploma Child Health First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Quriyat Willayat

Objective Describe Lesson Learned From Community Based Approach Describe Willayat Health Committee Structure Describe vulnerabilities & capacity building List Challenges of community participation Design action plan for community project First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Definition A group of individuals and households living in the same location and having the same hazard Exposure, Who can share the same objectives and goals in Disaster risk reduction. First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

“The local community is taken as the primary focus of attention (in a disaster reduction) since that is the common unit which is affected by a disaster and, more importantly,responds to deal with the event.” Russell Dynes First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

voluntary formation of community organization to implement DRR First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Lesson Learned Community always try to adapt Coping Strategies are often inadequate So, Training to enhance skills & technological support is needed First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman National Regional Willayat

Health Committe Community Members Community Support Group Non Governmental Organization Governmental Sectors

Vulnerabilities Lack of: Access to Health Access to Food & Water Access to Information First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

When? How? whom? Where? What? First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

If each individual does their part to prepare Whole community will become safer and Better equipped to cope with emergencies First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

SEARCH and RESCUE BASIC PRINCIPLES 2 major components SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM(S) National or Provincial COMMUNITY BASED FIRST RESPONDERS IN RESCUE ACTVITIES (survivors/ Agencies..) Search Rescue Basic first aid and rescue Specialized S&R

Training (preparedness) First Aid, BLS Safety (fire, road, electricity,..) Drill, Evaluation and monitoring Communicable disease (surveillance) First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Support Group

Support Information centre (early warning) Food & water (relief distribution) Vulnerable Shelter Environmental health Physical structure First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Health Education Family emergency plan School emergency plan Livestock emergency Shelter Public health measures First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Exercise 1.Design action plan for the following: Training Support Health education 2.List the challenges of community participation First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

Thank Yuo

ADPC Indicators of a Minimum level of resilience  A community organization  A DRR and disaster preparedness plan  A community early warning system  Trained manpower: risk assessment, search and rescue, medical first aid, relief distribution, masons for safer house construction, fire fighting  Physical connectivity: roads, electricity, telephone, clinics  Relational connectivity with local authorities, NGOs, etc.  Knowledge of risks and risk reduction actions  A community disaster reduction fund to implement risk reduction activities  Safer sources of livelihood First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March Muscat, Oman

References Building Disaster Resilient Communities, Publication of the “local Network of NGOs” for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, June 2007 Community based approach to disaster mitigation. Lorna P.victoria, director, centre for disaster preparedness Characteristics of disaster-resiliant community, A Guidance Note, Jhon Twig for the DFID Disaster Risk Reduction Interagency coordination group, August 2007