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Title: Contribution of the Americas to the WCDR


1
Contribution of the Americas to the WCDR
  • Inter American Committee for Natural Disaster
    Reduction
  • OAS, PAHO/WHO, IDB, IICA,

2
Latin American meeting on health risk reduction
  • 100 LA experts in health services and potable
    water system
  • Objectives
  • Where are we?
  • Whats next?
  • Identify targets for 2015

3
Conclusions
  • Significant Progress in vulnerability reduction
    however
  • Health sector has higher risk reduction
    requirement
  • Health facilities must be functioning after
    disaster
  • Successful stories should be compiled and
    disseminated

4
Conclusions
  • Structural vulnerability reduction is not enough.
  • Countries must have a health sector vulnerability
    reduction policy
  • Health facilities part of a network
  • Risk reduction in water distribution system is
    more complicated

5
Conclusions
  • Need to identify achievable targets following 6
    WCDR goals
  • All new facilities must be resistant to natural
    disaster 2015
  • Existing essential services must be functioning
    after disaster

6
Next activities
  • Trinidad meeting (PAHO/WHO, CDERA, others) 27-28
    May
  • Caribbean health targets for 2015
  • Jamaica meeting (Jam, CDERA, others)
  • Development of indicators
  • IDB
  • OAS
  • Analysis of achievement in risk reduction in the
    Americas and identification of next steps (health
    sector publication,)
  • Most regional entities indicated their intention
    to participation in the WCDR
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