WHY DRR

• Minimizing impacts of disasters in health sector

• Maximizing readiness to respond

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Paradigm Shifts – from Relief and Response to Disaster Risk Reduction

• Poverty Reduction: from income poverty human poverty

• Development: emphasis on good governance, accountability, and bottom-up approaches

• Disasters: no longer extreme events created entirely by natural forces but as manifestations of unresolved problems of development

• Disaster Management: top-down relief and response approach to inter-sectoral risk management approach

Why US!!

Health sector

What do we need

• disaster resilient hospitals, health facilities

• health workers to save lives• national level capacity. • partners

Strategic Direction for DRR

• A national and local priority• Improving risk information and early

warning • Building a culture of safety and resilience • Reducing risks in key sectors• Strengthen preparedness for effective

response in all levels

National Priority

• Multi stakeholder engagement • Systemic coordination• Develop institutional base• Allocate resources

Risk information and Early Warning

• Country wide risk assessment: based on hazard and vulnerability

• Review and update availability of risk information: dissemination

• Strengthening early warning: all major hazards

• Assess capacity • Communication

Building a culture of safety and resilience

• Awareness program: reaching out community • Research community: perception of risks • Include DRR in education system: school

curriculum • DRR training for key sectors • Compilation and dissemination of DRR

information

Reducing risk in key sectors

• Incorporate DRR in environment : policy for climate change

• Increase resilience for most vulnerable: specific policy and plan to improve poverty

• Improved building safety: long term plan • DRR in service sector: procedures in place to

assess DRR implications • Involvement of private sector • Recovery planning including DRR

Strengthen preparedness for effective response

• Preparedness and contingency plans at all levels with regular drills

• Assess preparedness, capacities and readiness

• Strengthen planning and programming for response, recovery and rehabilitation

Taking into account

• Climate change• Food safety and security • Pandemic• Any new threats….

What we don’t have..

Evidence….000000000$$$$$$$$$

DRR Strategy For Arab Countries

Program for Action

Way Forward

Building National Capacity• Advocacy • Institutionalization of EP&DRR• Developing EP&DRR strategy at national level • Action plan integrating all priority areas and partners on

“All Hazard Framework” • Adoption of e-Atlas at national level • Developing partnership: cluster, Role of UNDAF

What is needed?

Strong commitment of all stakeholders to make it a PRIORITY

and

That includes you

Strong commitment of all stakeholders to make DRR a PRIORITY

Thank you.