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Introduction
Disasters have many effects and these include a number of Public Health consequences. The role of disaster management teams in different institutions is therefore to prevent, mitigate or respond to these consequences. In this session, we shall look at the main public health consequences of disasters and we shall use two types of disasters (drought and floods) to illustrate these effects. We shall also look at the key considerations in the disaster management cycle, and what interventions can be put in place to address the effects of disasters at each of the stages in this cycle. This session is intended to equip the students with knowledge of the key public health consequences of disasters and demonstrate to them how the disaster management cycle can be used to address these consequences.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session the participant should be able to:
- Outline the main public health consequences of disasters
- Use two types of disasters to demonstrate the public health consequences of disasters
- Outline the stages of the disaster management cycle and identify activities in each of these stages
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