1. Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER)Enhancing emergency response capacity in Asia since 1998 1

3. The course enables staff to develop disaster preparedness plans to respond, based on best-practice guidelines. Instructors and practitioners are trained with HOPE and expert assistance is provided on enhancing medical facility preparedness.

5. HOPE Training Curriculum Disaster types and risk management Disaster epidemiology and patterns of injury Hospital structural components and seismic hazards Principles of disaster medicine, triage and emergency care Creating a Hospital Disaster Plan Emergency department operations Preparing for functional collapse and operational tools Mental health and psychosocial care Hospital disaster management of agencies and media

8. AccomplishmentsPEER 3 -April 2009 to present

10. Modules used to cascade training in hospitals

11. Recognized by WHO and other medical associations as one of the capacity building activities in making hospitals safe from disasters

12. Increasing interest from non-PEER countries - Thailand, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar

13. 45 new HOPE instructors

14. 319 hospital staff trained

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