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From Vulnerability to Resilience:

The Role of Public Health in


Disaster Mitigation

Febi Dwirahmadi, SKM., MSc.PH., Ph.D.


Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

All pictures in this PPT (taken from many sources) are


only for learning and teaching purposes only.

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Mortality and morbidity

Social reactions
Health
Population displacement
related
Climatic exposure
problems
common Food and nutrition

to all Water supply and sanitation

natural Mental health


disasters Damage to the health infrastructure

Communicable diseases

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• Rare after rapid-onset disasters
unless large # of displaced
people are placed in crowded /
Epidemics unsanitary camps
associated • severe increased risk during and
after complex emergencies
with • Perpetuated by media and
politicians
disasters • Public has exaggerated sense of
risk posed by dead bodies

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Displaced and forced to stay
in crowded areas

Loss of public unclean water


sources
utilities
Risk factors of
Communicable
Diseases Disruption of brief interruption
of preventative
basic health measures may
allow pathogens
services to spread

relationship of
malnutrition and
diseases

Food scarcity destroyed


agriculture may
lead to later
increase in
mortality

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Myers, S. S., Gaffikin, L., Golden, C. D., Ostfeld, R. S., H. Redford, K., H.
Ricketts, T., ... & Osofsky, S. A. (2013). Human health impacts of
ecosystem alteration. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, 110(47), 18753-18760.
Disaster
management cycles

• There are many models


• 4 main elements/stages
• Response
• Recovery
• Mitigation
• Preparedness

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Comprehensive approach
Disaster Management Principle

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Disaster Mitigation
To reduce the likelihood or consequences of hazard risk before a disaster ever occurs

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Mitigation

Preparedness

Preparedness

Mitigation
Mitigation types
Structural Non-structural
Physical environment Regulatory measures

Relocation; Community awareness and education


programs
Structural modification;
Non-structural physical modifications
Detection systems;
Environmental control;
physical modification;

Behavioral modification
treatment systems; or

redundancy in life safety infrastructure Improve emergency management capacity

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Connection
between health and
resilient
• Health – definition
by WHO
• Health promotion
approach
• Ottawa Charter
principles

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Health &
resilient

Committee on Post-Disaster Recovery of a Community's Public Health, Medical, and Social Services; Board on
Health Sciences Policy; Institute of Medicine. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After
Disasters: Strategies, Opportunities, and Planning for Recovery. Washington (DC): National Academies Press
(US); 2015 Sep 10. Summary. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK316518/
PH and health care systems shared capabilities listing
PH Preparedness capabilities Health care preparedness capabilities
Community preparedness Health care systems preparedness
Community recovery Health care systems recovery
Emergency operations coordination Emergency operations coordination
Emergency public information and warning
Fatality management Fatality management
Information sharing Information sharing
Mass care
Medical countermeasures dispensing
Medical material management and distribution
Medical surge Medical surge
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
Public health laboratory testing
PH surveillance and epidemiological investigation
Responder health and safety Responder health and safety
Volunteer management Volunteer management
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EXAMPLES – ONGOING PROJECTS

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Disaster Risk
management Plan
an Example from
Queensland,
Australia
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Thank you
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