Fifth Inter-Regional Training Course on Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP-5)

ADPC in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) will be conducting the fifth inter-regional training course on Public Health and Emergency Management (PHEMAP), in Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-15 July 2005. The course will help countries of the region to develop more effective policy, procedures, plans, guidelines and standards of best practice for health sector emergency management. 

The course was initially conceived, designed and delivered by ADPC with support from the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Services (JICWELS) & WHO, in 2002 in order to promote awareness and skill to health service planners and managers at the national level, on issues related to public health in emergency situations so as to be able to make effective public health policies. 

The current two-week long interactive course covers a range of topics related to public health, including risk management, health sector damage assessment and needs analysis, management of mass casualties and hospital planning, managing essential drugs and medical supplies in emergency situations, recovery and rehabilitation issues, public information, media etc.

Aimed at senior public health management officers from national, provincial and district level staff from the Ministry of Health, health sector emergency managers and other relevant health professionals, it is expected to provide the participants with skills and knowledge to effectively manage public health problems in emergency situations.

Third International Course on Hospital Emergency Preparedness & Response (HEPR-3)

The third HEPR is scheduled to be held on 22-26 August 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. The course is being organized by ADPC and is designed to assist health service providers - both administrative and medical, skills to enable them to prepare the facility and themselves effectively in to respond to emergencies that involve large number of casualties. 

The course will provide participants’ skills apply concepts to on-site medical care to specific emergency situations, prepare an outline on hospital disaster preparedness plan including response and recovery. 

First National Training Course on Management of Public Health Risks in Disasters and Complex Emergencies in Iraq (MPHR-I)

Upon the invitation of the World Health Organisation-Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO-EMRO), ADPC’s Health Team conducted the MPHR course for the first time for the Iraqi participants, in close collaboration with WHO-EMRO, WHO-WR, and WHO-EHA Jordan. The intensive training program was conducted in Amman, Jordan on 14-26 June 2005, and was designed to fill the gap in the currently available international training courses in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It covered a range of emergency health related issues including: policy making and guidelines issuing, national health sector disaster plan, community risk management, damage analysis and needs assessment in natural disasters, emergency planning process, mental health and psychosocial support programs in natural disasters and complex emergencies, epidemiology in natural disasters and complex emergencies, search and rescue, chemical incidents and CBRN, recovery & reconstruction, international assistance, management of dead and the missing etc to name a few. It introduced the concept of risk management as a framework for policy making and planning within the national development process. The capacity building process of the health sector to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and the intersectoral dimensions were highlighted throughout the course.

For more details contact Dr Marcel Dubouloz, Director and Team Leader, Public Health in Emergencies Team at marcel@adpc.net or Ms Janette Lauza-Ugsang, Course Manager at janette@adpc.net or visit the website at http://www.adpc.net/phe/phe.html