Contribution of the Americas to the WCDR

1
Contribution of the Americas to the WCDR

• Inter American Committee for Natural Disaster
  Reduction
• OAS, PAHO/WHO, IDB, IICA,

2
Latin American meeting on health risk reduction

• 100 LA experts in health services and potable
  water system
• Objectives
• Where are we?
• Whats next?
• Identify targets for 2015

3
Conclusions

• Significant Progress in vulnerability reduction
  however
• Health sector has higher risk reduction
  requirement
• Health facilities must be functioning after
  disaster
• Successful stories should be compiled and
  disseminated

4
Conclusions

• Structural vulnerability reduction is not enough.
• Countries must have a health sector vulnerability
  reduction policy
• Health facilities part of a network
• Risk reduction in water distribution system is
  more complicated

5
Conclusions

• Need to identify achievable targets following 6
  WCDR goals
• All new facilities must be resistant to natural
  disaster 2015
• Existing essential services must be functioning
  after disaster

6
Next activities

• Trinidad meeting (PAHO/WHO, CDERA, others) 27-28
  May
• Caribbean health targets for 2015
• Jamaica meeting (Jam, CDERA, others)
• Development of indicators
• IDB
• OAS
• Analysis of achievement in risk reduction in the
  Americas and identification of next steps (health
  sector publication,)
• Most regional entities indicated their intention
  to participation in the WCDR