Team Leader, Emergency and Humanitarian Action WHO Western Pacific Regional Office Dr Nevio Zagaria Reducing Disaster Risk for a Healthy Pacific Honolulu, 4 – 6 February 2013

2 Disasters in the Pacific

3 Pacific Humanitarian Team: Head of Agencies + ICCG + 7 Clusters

4 A Paradigm Shift From disasters’ preparedness & response to emergency risks management

5 A common regional goal: improve national and regional capacities across the Emergency Risk Management cycle to better manage health emergencies and disasters related risks

6 Regional Framework’s Components Information and Knowledge management Health service delivery Health Emergency Risk Management Resources Policy and coordination

7 Policy and coordination Develop or ensure a national policy to manage emergencies and disasters caused by natural hazards Develop or enhance national and local coordination mechanisms for emergency risk management Enhance the function of the unit within the Ministry of Health that is responsible for emergency risk management of natural hazards

8 Information and knowledge management Develop an agreed framework to generate and use information and generate and use knowledge for the health risk management cycle Strengthen information management systems and procedures for the collection, management, analysis and dissemination of information Enhance assessment of hazards’ risks and vulnerabilities at national and local levels

9 Health service delivery Define national standards on essential health services for disaster affected population Match available health services with hazards and risk assessment at national and sub-national levels Develop optional health service delivery strategies as part of the national preparedness plan Develop or scale up the “Safe Hospital” initiative.

10 Resources Human: national surge plans, regional surge capacity, pre registration of Foreign Medical Teams Supplies: stock piles Financial: Flash Appeals, Consolidated Appeal Process, MDTF, others