Regional Disaster Preparedness workshop and

CAP planning workshop --27/28th August, Moroto

KARAMOJA REGION

Potential emergencies and their impact

• 1- Drought

Effects of drought ( impact 80%)

• Loss of life ( livestock and human)

• Increased conflict over access of pasture and water

• Displacement ( internal/esternal)

• Increased food insecurity

• Enviromental degradetion

• Water shortages ( human and livestock)

Potential emergencies and their impact

• 4 - Floods

Effects of floods (impact 40%)

• Increase of mortality, morbility ( water vectors borne diseases)

• Loss of property (increase of poverty)• Disruption of basic services/infrastructure• Loss of crops/ food stocks• Increased displeacement (human/livestocks) • Increased food prices /commodities• Increase livestocks diseases• Diversion/reallocation of resources• Loss of soil fertility

Potential emergencies and their impact

• 2- Livestock and human epidemic

EPIDEMICS Impact human 30%, livestoks 60%• Loss of life ( human and livestocks)• Reduced productivity• Poor quality of animals products• Increased pressure on health/veterinary services• Restricted movements• Increased HH poverty• Loss of alternative services of incame• Increased malnutrition• Increased disability and vulnerability

Potential emergencies and their impact

• Insecurity

INSECURITY

• Decreased acces by service providers• Decreased access to basic services• Population movement / out migration• Limited movements• Loss of life, assets, property• Increased prices/commodities• Increased tension between the population

and government authorities

INSECURITY (impact 75%)

• Increased negative pubblicity

• Increased protection/violtions + abuses

• Reducted productivity

• Overcrowding of livestock

Health interventions

OBJECTIVES: reduce mortality and morbility (water, sanitation, diseas, malnutrition) to accetable minimum standard

ACTIONS

1. Estimation nutritional and disease surveillance ( Resp. Gov, WHO, UNICEF, NGOs)

2. Management and treatment of malnutrition and diseses

3. Stockepile of essential medical supplies

4. Mobilasation and sensitisation ( Resp IRC, Communities)

5. Training of health personnel in preparedness

6. Est Coordination structures for response (Resp. IRC, OCHA)

7.Secondment of staff recruitment & training of extra staff

• 8. Estenal Mobile clinics

• 9 Clear and coincise exit strategy ( do no harm , avoid duplication)

“Floods”

Vector borne diseases, malaria measles

10- Immunization programme

11- IRS ( indoor residual spraying)

“INSECURITY”

( trauma, HIV/AIDS, GBV, STDs, PS)

12. Incease number of surgical staff

13. Increase counselling services

14. Protection of access to health services (supplies, buildings, staff, patients)

CROSS CUTTING ISSUES ???

Potential emergencies and their impact

• 5 - Fires