Community Disaster Risk Management including Disaster Risk Literacy and Addressing the Needs of Subpopulations

Many lives can be saved immediately after an emergency through effective local response. Being prepared for and managing disaster risk in communities with appropriate policies and programmes enables people to reduce or cope with potential risks from various hazards and to minimise negative impacts [1].

Whilst diverse challenges exist for successful disaster risk management for strengthening community resilience to disasters, the 2018 WHO Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (Health EDRM RM) expert meeting identified evidence gap in research and evidence for Disaster risk management (DRM) for communities and prioritised to address the needs of subpopulations and disaster vulnerability in communities [2].

This section shares knowledge and resources based on WKC funded research projects (2021-23 project, 2019-21 project,  2018-19 project) and related chapters of WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health EDRM. 

References

[1] World Health Organization. (‎2019)‎. Health emergency and disaster risk management framework. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/326106. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

[2] Kayano R, Chan EY, Murray V, Abrahams J, Barber SL. WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (TPRN): Report of the Kobe Expert Meeting. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019; 16(7):E1232. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16071232.