A disease outbreak like a natural disaster impacts all elements of society. There is a common agenda for societal sustainability whether preparing for outbreaks of Ebola or pandemics of influenza or earthquakes. The principles of strengthening community resilience are the same for natural disasters as they are for epidemics of communicable disease. The successful response to a deadly epidemic and a catastrophic natural disaster depends on community participation, education, awareness of the threat, what to expect and early warning. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction
2. APPLYING WHAT WE KNOW INNOVATIVELY
AND STRATEGICALLY TO ACHIEVE
SOCIETAL SUSTAINABILITY
A FRAMEWORK FOR LIVING WITH THE
INSTABILITIES CAUSED BY DEADLY
DISEASE OUTBREAKS SUCH AS EBOLA AND
PANDEMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES,
AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
3. The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone
4. THE VISION IS SUSTAINABLE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD
5.
6. EDUCATION AND ACTIVE LEARNING
UNDER-
STAND
IDENT-
IFY
HEAR
PERSON-
ALIZE ACT
PERIOD OF
INTEGRATION
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY
PERIOD OF
IMPLEMENTATION
10. YOUR
COMMUNITYDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK REDUCTION
•PREVENTION-MITIGATION
•PREPAREDNESS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY
•ADAPTATION
POLICY OPTIONS
11. EVERY COMMUNITY IS AT RISK
AND HAS AN URGENT NEED
FOR PUBLIC POLICIES AND
STRATEGIC PLANS TO
MONITOR, PREVENT, MITIGATE,
AND PREPARE FOR THE
INEVITABLE
12.
13.
14. ALL PUBLIC POLICIES SHOULD BE
BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO KEEP IT
FROM HAPPENING AND CAUSING A
DISASTER OR CATASTROPHIC
DISEASE OUTBREAK
19. OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WATER-BORNE
DISEASES
AIR-BORNE
DISEASES
PEOPLE-BORNE
DISEASES
VIRUSES,
BACTERIA,
TOXINS
20. SURPRISE!
THE EBOLA VIRUS IS ONE OF THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT THE
WORLD IS NOW URGENTLY
CONCERNED ABOUT (AGAIN)
AT PRESENT, NO KNOWN
CURE EXISTS
23. AFRICA: NATURAL HAZARDS,
PLAGUES AND POLITICS
POLITICAL
INSTABILITY
FLOODS
DROUGHTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
THREATS TO AIR,
WATER, AND SOIL
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
POOR HEALTH
24. The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone and
Liberia, with a suspected cluster in
densely populated Nigeria.
28. The current Ebola outbreak
is the largest and longest ever
recorded for the disease, which
has a death rate of about 50
percent and has so far killed at
least 961 people, according to
the World Health Organization.
29. Scientists say the disease can
only be spread through direct
contact with bodily fluids.
30. VULNERABILITIES
The virus is spread by contact
with a stricken person’s fluids:
blood, sweat, tears, and
diarrhea.
33. THE PRINCIPLES WE
EMPLOY IN FIGHTING
NATURAL HAZARDS CAN
ALSO BE APPLIED TO
OUTBREAKS AND
EPIDEMICS
34. STRATEGIES TO HALT THE SPREAD OF EBOLA
ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION
MONITOR
(REAL-TIME
KNOWEDGE OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN
SPACE AND TIME)
PREVENTION
(CONTROL THE
SOURCE)
35. House to house disease surveys or monitoring
is essential for detection of the earliest cases in
and to answer to effective prevention measures
before a disease outbreak gets out of control
36. THERE IS A COMMON AGENDA FOR SOCIETAL
SUSTAINABILITY WHETHER PREPARING FOR
EPIDEMICS OR EARTHQUAKES
MITIGATION
(REDUCE
SOCIETAL
IMPACTS)
PREPAREDNESS
(BE READY FOR
THE INEVITABLE
AND THE UN-
THINKABLE)
37. THE SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO A DEADLY EPIDEMIC
AND A CATASTROPHIC NATURAL DISASTER BOTH
DEPEND ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, EDUCATION,
AND AWARENESS OF THE THREAT
38. THE PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ARE THE SAME
FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AS THEY ARE
FOR EPIDEMICS OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE