Directorate General of health Services, MoH

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Directorate General of health Services, MoHFW
DGHS Activities in Response of Super Cyclone
SIDR 2007

• Professor Dr. Moazzem Hossain
• Line Director, Emergency Preparedness and
  Response (EPR)
• DGHS

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Cyclone Affected Areas

• Number of affected Districts 21
• Number of severely affected districts 9
• (Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Barisal, Barguna,
  Patuakhali, Pirojpur, Jhalokati and Bhola)
• Number of affected upazilas 93
• Number of severely affected upazilas 57

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Cyclone Impact on PopulationAs on 24 November
2007

• Number of Deaths 2929
• Number of Injured 12979

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Public Health Relief Initiative by DGHS

• Number of deployed Doctors 599
• Number of Medical teams 691
• Number of supervisory Physicians 23
• Total 691 Medical Teams (consists of Doctors,
  Medical Assistants and Paramedics) are in the
  field.
• Till 20 November 07 total 150 Physicians were
  sent to Filed on deputation.
• More 150 Physicians are under process for
  deputation.
• 24/7 control room functional Central, District
  UZ level

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Public Health Relief Initiative by DGHS

• In-Service Training doctors to support health
  service in the affected areas.
• Directors, Deputy Directors and Assistant
  directors are deployed to ensure efficient
  management of health services.
• Regular coordination with Armed Forces, MoFDM
  other Ministries
• Vacant posts of Professors, Associate Professors,
  Assistant Professors and Senior Consultants are
  filled up in the Medical Colleges of affected
  areas.
• Emergency life-saving drugs have been supplied.
• DGHS requested to WHO, UNICEF, UNFP, Ministry of
  Foreign Affairs, Disaster Management Bureau and
  EDCL to supply emergency medicines.
• WHO and UNICEF have already supplied some of the
  life-saving medicines.

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Future Public Health Challenges

• Intensification of disease surveillance for
• Acute respiratory Infection
• Water and Food related diseases
• Vector borne diseases
• Water quality assurance, Sanitation, Human waste
  disposal in coordination with other partners
• Intensification of Health promotion
• Meeting reproductive and psychosocial needs
• Replenishment of buffer stock and medical
  equipment and reconstruction of damaged health
  facilities

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National Emergency Response Mechanism

• Establishment of Institute of Disaster Management
• Water Purifying Machine
• Mosquito net/LLIN distribution
• Hepatitis/Rotavirus/Typhoid/Cholera vaccine
• Field Ambulance in each Medical College with
  Paramedics, Logistics for rapid response team
• River Ambulance
• Air Ambulance/Helicopter

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National Emergency Response Mechanism

• Disaster Management manpower development at all
  level
• Cyclone shelter
• High rise School
• High rise House
• High rise Hospital building
• Mobile sanitary latrine
• Safe water supply
• Mass casualty management

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National Emergency Response Mechanism

• Injury prevention and Management
• Management of mass Injury
• Development of National Guideline
• Regular coordination at all level with GO, NGO
  Donors for Disaster management

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Activities in the affected areas

• Supplied 300,000 mosquito nets for Malaria
  control
• WHO deployed 6 Coordinators and a Consultant to
  prepare an immediate Need Assessment and support
  surveillance and other public health supports
• Public Health Institute (IPH) is instructed to
  produce sufficient IV Fluid
• Health Education Bureau is directed to build
  awareness among the affected population with
  technical support from WHO

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