Forthcoming Activities
Second National Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP) Course Coordinators Workshop, 10-14 Nov, Bangkok, Thailand ADPC’s Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP) program is designed to strengthen the national capacities for managing health risk of emergencies in Asia and the Pacific region in collaboration with WHO-WPRO, WHO-SEARO and the Royal Government of Norway and ADPC. As one of the activities of PHEMAP program, the second National PHEMAP Course Coordinators Workshop will be organized in Bangkok to familiarize PHEMAP Course Coordinators with the concept of the PHEMAP course curriculum and provide guidance on conducting National PHEMAP Courses including administrative procedures and teaching methodologies. Representatives of seven (7) member states of WHO-SEARO and eight (8) member states of WHO-WPRO will participate in the Course Coordinators Workshop. The workshop will enable participants to conduct a national PHEMAP course, Based on the framework provided by the Inter-regional PHEMAP curriculum Based on the principles of adult learning Adapted to their national context Administered effectively and efficiently 38th  Regional  Training  on Disaster  Management  Course  (DMC‐38), 10–28 Nov, Bangkok, Thailand The  purpose  of  the  course  is  to  provide  comprehensive  disaster  management  knowledge  and  skills  to  enhance  the  capabilities  of  mnagers  who  have  key  disaster  management  responsibilities.   It  is  designed  to  enable  professionals  working  in  disaster  management,  development  and  donor  agencies  to  effectively  integrate  disaster  management  into  their  programs  and  policies.  Participants  will  be  encouraged  to  develop  key  skills  and  adopt  proactive  attitudes  through  participation  in  interactive  lectues  and  reflection  on  a  range  of  key  issues  raised  during  discussions  and  practical  activities.   By  completing  the  DMC  participants  will  learn  how  to: *  develop  effective  strategies  and  systems  for  disaster  prevention,  mitigation,  response  and  recovery *  apply  risk  management  processes  in  order  to  identify,  assess  and  deal  with disaster  risks *  utilise  an  emergency  coordination  center  to  manage  disaster  events *  assess  key  implementation  issues  and  requirements  in  disaster  management   2nd Regional Training Course on Climate Risk Management: Science, Institutions and Society, 17-28 Nov, Bangkok, Thailand ADPC will be conducting the Second Regional Training Course on Climate Risk Management: Science, Institutions, and Society, which aims to build the capacity of professionals to manage risks associated with climate variability, change, and extremes. It builds upon the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center’s (ADPC) two decades of experience in disaster management, facilitating regional cooperation and building capacities of disaster management institutions at all government levels, disaster management practitioners and communities, and a decade of experience in institutionalizing climate information applications for disaster mitigation. It incorporates case studies and sectoral examples from ADPC’s climate risk management programs and projects all over Asia. Upon completing the course, participants will be able to: 1) design early warning systems for climate-related risks; 2) design climate risk management, climate forecast applications, and climate change adaptation projects, and 3) develop tools to integrate climate risk management practices into development programs and policies. The first CRM course offering was completed in May 2008 with 27 participants from 14 countries. Postponement of International Training Course on Hospital Emergency Preparedness and Response” (HEPR-6), 16-20 Feb 2009, Bangkok, Thailand ADPC is announcing the postponement of the training course on "Hospital Emergency Preparedness and Response (HEPR-6) scheduled on 20-24 October 2008. The course has been rescheduled for 16-20 February 2009. We expect the postponement would allow more health care facilities to participate in this course.   The HEPR,  fee based course (USD 1,500 per person) is a five-day course is designed to assist health personnel, both administrative and medical, to prepare health care facilities and personnel to respond effectively to internal or community emergencies that involve large numbers of casualties. The course will enable course participants to develop well designed facility-specific plans to respond to emergencies. Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to: Describe the role of health care facilities in disaster management Apply a method of assessing components of a health care facility. Simulate a mass casualty incident addressing the roles and responsibilities of each component of Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS). Discuss the basic medical requirements of managing mass casualty incidents. Apply on-site medical care concepts to specific emergency situations. Prepare an outline of a health care facility disaster preparedness plan including response and recovery. Kindly visit www.adpc.net for more information on training courses.