Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU
Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU
Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU
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23 Health <strong>and</strong><br />
Sanitation,<br />
including<br />
Hospitals,<br />
Primary Health<br />
Centres <strong>and</strong><br />
Dispensaries<br />
Ensuring <strong>the</strong> supply of<br />
trained doctors into <strong>the</strong><br />
dispensaries<br />
Making provisions for<br />
emergency medicines<br />
<strong>and</strong> supplies<br />
Providing for<br />
ambulance facility<br />
Conducting community<br />
level first-aid training<br />
programmes<br />
Organizing health<br />
camps in vulnerable<br />
areas<br />
Coordinating with<br />
community <strong>and</strong> NGOs<br />
for mobilization of<br />
trained manpower for<br />
emergency health<br />
management<br />
Conducting regular<br />
mock drills<br />
Linking up with <strong>the</strong><br />
community first-aid<br />
teams for refresher<br />
training <strong>and</strong> refilling of<br />
first-aid kit.<br />
24 Family Welfare Concentrating on<br />
infant/child/maternal<br />
care<br />
Setting up centres<br />
Generating awareness<br />
in <strong>the</strong> community on<br />
health related issues<br />
<strong>and</strong> management of<br />
disasters<br />
Focussing on first-aid<br />
training<br />
Encouraging health<br />
insurance<br />
Encouraging periodic<br />
health check up before<br />
monsoon <strong>and</strong> cyclone<br />
seasons<br />
Organizing health<br />
camps in villages<br />
Promoting training of<br />
physically challenged<br />
persons to enhance <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
adaptability to disaster<br />
situation<br />
Providing for<br />
equipment for<br />
physically challenged<br />
persons<br />
Assessing damage<br />
to health centres<br />
<strong>and</strong> hospitals<br />
Providing for<br />
emergency<br />
services<br />
Sending critical<br />
cases to nearby<br />
hospitals<br />
Ensuring adequate<br />
care to old <strong>and</strong><br />
disabled<br />
Mobilizing<br />
community firstaid<br />
team for<br />
emergency health<br />
management at<br />
hospital<br />
Establishing offsite<br />
medical<br />
camps<br />
Arranging for<br />
emergency<br />
surgery facilities<br />
Focusing on<br />
special care <strong>and</strong><br />
evacuation of sick,<br />
disabled, pregnant<br />
<strong>and</strong> lactating<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
Mobilizing<br />
medicines for<br />
affected<br />
community<br />
Arranging for<br />
professional counselling<br />
<strong>and</strong> post-traumatic stress<br />
disorder<br />
Setting up rehabilitation<br />
centres<br />
Promoting regular health<br />
care, family welfare,<br />
immunization <strong>and</strong> firstaid<br />
programmes<br />
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