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Recovery and Transition: Building Resilient Community

Recovery and Transition: Building Resilient Community. First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman. Learning Objectives. By the end of this course, the participant should be able to:

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Recovery and Transition: Building Resilient Community

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  1. Recovery and Transition: Building Resilient Community First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  2. Learning Objectives By the end of this course, the participant should be able to: • Describe health needs, risks and services in disaster recovery and reconstruction • Discuss processes for recovery and reconstruction of health services and infrastructure • Discuss the opportunitiesfor risk reduction and health systems capacity development during disaster recovery • Explain Community Disaster Resilience • Elaborate the elements of Resilient Community First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  3. Disaster Recovery Recovery “... focuses on how best to restore the capacity of the government and communities to rebuild and recover from crisis and to prevent relapses. In so doing, recovery seeks not only to catalyze sustainable development activities, but also to build upon earlier humanitarian programs to ensure that their inputs become assets for development.” (source: United Nations Development Program 2001) First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  4. Recovery Phase Emergency Hazard Risks People Property Environment Services Livelihood Community People Property Environment Services Livelihood (Vulnerable) Disaster First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman Recovery/ Rehabilitation Capacities used To manage Risks, (Damages, Losses Needs)

  5. Exercise 1 What are the damagesand losses • incurred in an earthquake disaster, the needs, and the capacities utilized during the response operations that we need to rebuild, recover for the better? First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  6. Health Roles in Managing Risks Over Time First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  7. Health Roles in Managing Risks First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  8. Recovery - from Response to Development 1. Saving Lives 2. Emergency Aid 3. Short term Intervention 4.Emergency Funding 5. Providing for the Community. 6. Emergency (Relief) Aid. 7. Spontaneous Interventions 8. Consumption Subsidy 9. Politicization of Emergencies. 10. Short Time Frame used advantageously. RESPONSE 1. Saving Livelihoods 2. Support to rehabilitation 3. Longer term planning 4. Combined Funding Proposals 5. Working with the community 6. Integration of Relief Aid & Developmental Support 7. Appropriate Interventions 8. Building of Assets 9. Political Competence 10. Strengthening of Coping Strategies TRANSITION First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman 1. Building Livelihoods 2. Building Communities 3.Long Term Development 4. Developmental Funding 5. Understanding the community 6. Developmental Support 7. Planned strategies. 8. Investment Subsidy 9. Political Proficiency 10. Sustainability SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  9. “Opportunities in disasters” What are the opportunities in recovery and reconstruction that might be considered for long-term capacity development? Q & A First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  10. Some opportunities for development (of health systems): • additional financial resources (national / international) • additional human resources (national / international) • lessons learned from experience, including gaps in health system • demonstration and opportunities for training needs • reconstruction but “build back better” • social pressure and political will to reduce risk and enhance capacity First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  11. Emergency Response and Recovery Sudden Impact Mitigation Preparedness 2 Ongoing Development 1 3 5 4 Warning Indicators (Flash Points) ACTIVITY Reconstruction First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman Rehabilitation Rapid / Detailed Assessment Emergency Relief Search & Rescue EMERGENCY PHASE Days / Weeks WARNING PHASE Months / Weeks / Hours Rehabilitation / Recovery Many Months TIME

  12. From Response to Recovery and Reconstruction If there is no clear cut boundary between responses and recovery processes… this means: Don’t wait, think ahead! Build on the momentum of response to anticipate longer-term recovery and reconstruction. First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  13. Medium-term Health Considerations for the Recovery Process Some key health effects from disasters: • contamination of food and water supplies, • emotional stress, • epidemic diseases - diarrhoea, measles, etc. • endemic diseases • reduced health levels • decline in nutritional status First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  14. Long-term Health Considerations for the Recovery Process Psychosocial • Concurrent problem due to disaster: decrease in mental health services, increase in incidence of common mental health problems • Psycho physiological • Behavioral • Emotional • Cognitive • Emergency health care system addresses acute cases and initiate long-term plan for community- based psychological interventions. First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  15. Q & A What is your concept about Resilience in the context of disaster management? First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  16. The ability of a system, community or society exposed to • hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover • from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient • manner, including through the preservation and • restoration of its essential structures and functions • ability to spring back from the impacts of disaster Resilience First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  17. Resilience • Resilience of a community in respect to potential • hazard events is determined by the degree to which • the community has the necessary resources and is • capable of organizing itself both to and during times • of need First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  18. Q & A Can you share us your concept of a Disaster Resilient Community based on the definition given? Differentiate Resilience from Capacity. First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  19. A resilient community has the capacity to: • absorb stress or destructive forces trough resistance • or adaptation • manage or maintain certain basic functions and • structures during disasters • recover or bounce back after and event Resilient Community First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  20. Resilience is generally seen as a broader concept than • capacity because it goes beyond the specific behavior, • strategies and measures for risk reduction and • management that are normally understood as capacities • though in everyday usage, capacity and coping capacity • often mean the same as resilience • focus of resilience – what communities can do for • themselves and how to strengthen their capacities • rather than concentrating on their vulnerability to • disaster or their needs in an emergency Resilience vs. Capacity First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  21. Resilient Community “Disaster Resilient Community” is ideal that no community can ever be completely safe from natural and man-made hazards……!!! First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  22. Components of Resilient Community Governance Risk Assessment Knowledge and Education Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction Disaster Preparedness and Response First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  23. Policy, planning, priorities and political commitment • Legal and regulatory systems • Integration with development policies and planning • Integration with emergency response and recovery • Institutional mechanisms, capacities and structures; • allocation of responsibilities • Partnership • Accountability 1. Governance First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  24. Hazards/Risks data assessment • Vulnerability and impact data assessment • Scientific and technical capacities and innovation 2. Risk Assessment 3. Knowledge and Education First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman • Public awareness, knowledge and skills • Information management sharing • Education and training • Cultures, attitudes, motivation • Learning and research

  25. 4. Risk Management and Vulnerability Reduction • Environment and natural resource management • Health and well being • Sustainable livelihoods • Social protection • Financial instruments • Physical protection; structural and technical • measures • Planning regimes First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  26. Organizational capacities and coordination • Early Warning Systems • Preparedness and contingency planning • Emergency resources and infrastructure • Emergency response and recovery • Participation, volunteerism, accountability 5. Disaster Preparedness and Response First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  27. 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 ADPC Indicators of a Minimum level of resilience First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  28. Learning Objectives By the end of this course, the participant should be able to: • Describe health needs, risks and services in disaster recovery and reconstruction • Discuss processes for recovery and reconstruction of health services and infrastructure • Discuss the opportunitiesfor risk reduction and health systems capacity development during disaster recovery • Explain Community Disaster Resilience • Elaborate the elements of Resilient Community First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

  29. Thank You First National Course on Public Health Emergency Management 12 – 23 March 2011. Muscat, Oman

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