Disaster Risk Management - Health Sector

Results achieved as of the end of the project (September 2013) include: (1) a health sector disaster risk management assessment tool was developed and applied in 16 countries allowing these countries to have a comprehensive picture of the state of disaster risk reduction in their health sector; (2) 12 sub-plans for the national health sector disaster plan were developed; (3) the first module of a Health Sector Disaster Risk Reduction information system was developed to facilitate monitoring evaluation and reporting on safe hospitals; (4) over 900 health and related staff were trained to manage mental health and psycho-social issues in disasters; (5) over 380 people received training in mass casualty management; (6) 123 professionals were trained as safe hospital evaluators; (7) 14 countries have assessed the safety of one or more hospitals with 40 facilities assessed; (8) 16 hospitals have implemented safety improvements; and (9) a number of technical resources have also been prepared to provide guidance for mainstreaming DRR in the health sector.