SC Emergency Preparedness and Response

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Emergency Preparedness andResponse


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Group Discussion

Have you participated in your CountryOffices Emergency preparedness

Planning Process?

What are some identifiable vulnerabilitiesand risks within your country?


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Types of Emergencies

Natural Manmade

R

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Slo

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drought

war

earthquake

terrorist

attack

cyclone

flood

famine

epidemic

volcano chemical

spill

plane crash

civil unrest


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Why EmergencyPreparednessPlanning?

Quick and effective action is required duringthe onset of an emergency

Effective action often depends on havingplans in place before the disaster strikes

If response is delayed, childrens livesmaybe needlessly lost


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To ensure readiness at country/regional

level to respond to both natural and

complex political emergencies in ourprograms, through collection ofinformation, analysis and planning.

Aim of SCs EmergencyPreparedness Planning


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Principal Elements ofPreparedness

Risks and Vulnerabilities (the broad profile of a projectedemergency)

External Preparedness (what other actors are capable ofdoing)

Internal Capacity (what Save the Children is capable ofdoing)

Preparedness Actions (results of the planning process)


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VulnerabilityThe propensity (susceptibility or tendency)of people and things to be damaged by ahazard. A person or groups vulnerabilitydepends on their capacity to anticipate,cope with, resist and recover from theimpact of a hazard.

RiskThe likelihood of a disaster happening to aparticular group of people

Risks and Vulnerabilities


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External Stakeholders

Identify Gaps: Based on previous experience,what needs of children and their familiesmay be unmet by external stakeholders?

External Preparedness


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What are Save the Childrenprogrammatic areas of competence?

How do these areas of competence correspond to the likelygaps/weaknesses in emergency response identifiedabove?

Internal Capacity


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Strategic Areas forEmergencyInterventions


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Save the ChildrenPreparedness Initiatives

Country Office Emergency Preparedness andResponse Plans

Alliance Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPPs)

Regional Rapid Emergency DeploymentInitiative (REDI) teams

Sector-specific trainings - Emergency Healthand Nutrition, Safe Spaces

Country Office Simulation exercises


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Response

Resources available:

Emergency Response Manual

Halaby-Murphy funds

Operational Tools Good Enough Guide, Spheremanual, INEE

Go Kits

Staff Deployments emergency responders

Technical support for proposals

Management and grants support Alliance liaison and grant agreements


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Facilitate the rapid recovery of communities

affected by disaster

% affected population reached by SC services

% affected children reached by SC services

Emergency Response(and Mitigation) Results

Framework

Health & Nutrition RF

1. Prevent excess

morbidity and mortality

in children between 1

and 59 months of age

affected by crisis

2. Prevent excess

morbidity and mortality

in women of

reproductive age and

neonates affected by

crisis

Provisioning & HH

Livelihoods RF

1. Provide for critical

survival needs of

affected population

at HH level

2. Protect and

restore household

livelihoods

Child Protection RF

1. Prevent and reduce

physical and

psychological harm

to separated and

vulnerable childrenaffected by crisis

Goal

Sub-Goal (s)corresponding

to PR program

areas relevant

to emergencies


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Emergency Health and Nutrition Results Framework

Child Health and Nutrition

SO: Utilization of key young child health&nutrition practices & services % vulnerable affected households/population reached with health/watsan*Measles immunization coverage

Vitamin A coverage

Children ill in past two weeks who received care from appropriate providers* Percent children with acute malnutrition receiving curative service*

IR1: Access to Key CHNservices and supplies in a

timely manner

Child health facilities

(peripheral health facility)available per 10,000

population In nutritional crisis, number of

specialized nutrition

management units


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Emergency Child Healthand NutritionInterventions

DiseaseOutbreaks

Child Health Nutrition (CTC,etc.)

Hand washing atappropriate times

Proper disposal ofexcreta

Consumption ofadequate quantities ofsafe water

Timely appropriate care

for cholera or otherdisease outbreaks

Immunization of allchildren 6months 15yrsagainst measles

Timely recognition, careseeking, diagnoses and

treatment of Pneumonia,Malaria, Measles, Diarrhea

Children sleep underLLITN or residually sprayedrooms

Immunization against

major vaccine preventablechildhood diseases,

Timely recognition, careseeking, diagnoses andtreatment of acutemalnutrition

Micronutrientsupplementation forchildren, includingvitamin A

Timely appropriatecomplementary feedingand continued BF throughage two

Exclusive BF through 6months


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FrameworkMaternal and Newborn Healthand Nutrition

SO: Utilization of key maternal and neonatal practices and servicesMet needsObstetrics case fatality rateDeliveries attended by skilled health personnel*Sexual violence victims reporting for treatment within five daysContraceptive prevalence rate

IR1: Access to Key MNservices and supplies in a

timely manner

Number of facilities providingEmOC per 50,000 Number of facilities providing

essential neonatal care

IR2: Access to quality

CHN services and

materials

Percent providers

adhering to WHO standardcase management

practices (EMOC and ENC)

Proportion of facilities

adhering to universal

precautions for preventing

HIV/AIDS transmission

IR3: Improved

knowledge, attitudes,

and skills regarding key

CHN practices and

services

Knowledge of immediate

and exclusive breastfeeding

IR4: Enabling socialand policy environment

for emergency

operations as well as

the transition into

development Barriers limiting universal

access to key services

addressed (religion,

language, gender, political

inclination, security)

Breast milk code adhered

to within emergency

context

Sub-Goal: Prevent excess morbidity and mortality in womenof reproductive age and neonates affected by crisis

*Note that only service utilization indicators such as this one may be available for response phase in sudden-onset


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Alliance

Joint Emergency PreparednessPlanning

Joint trainings

Unified responses


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Preparedness andResponse Plan

Example

Save the Children

AllianceIndonesia


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Table of ContentsI. Introduction

Criteria for responding

Management structures

II. Threat Analysis

Risk mapping

III. External and Internal Capacity

IV. Preparedness and Response Actions

V. Operational Resources and Systems


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A. Communications

B. Transportation

C. Finance

D. Procurement

E. Warehousing

F. Customs

G. Administration

H. Human Resources

I. Security


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Annexes

1. Sitrep format

2. Emergency Response Teamstructure

3. Alliance secondment agreement

4. Deployment information sheet

5. Contingency plans

6. Difference of staff benefitsbetween Alliance members

7. Emergency Response Team TOR


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September November2006

Emergency Response Team formed, trained

Pre-positioning of emergency supplies: 12 safe play area tents and cooperative game kits

45 school tents 3,000 household kits 6,000 hygiene kits 3,000 family tarps and plastic mats

Based on previous emergencies, predicted an average of200,000 IDPs could be affected. Save the Children wantedto be able to reach 10% of that population within the first 7days (needed enough relief supplies pre-positioned for20,000 people). Due to budget constraints, had to reducethe coverage to 7.5%.


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Aceh FloodsDecember 22, 2006

Immediate actions:

Deployment of Emergency Response Team members

Moved pre-positioned supplies to impact area

Staff stepped up when key decision-makers were

on holiday


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December 23

A team from Save the Children health wentto Bireun to conduct a quick assessmentand purchased basic medicine

Lhokseumawae has been split into threeteams, one for procurement and two forassessments. Purchase in Lhokseumawe:blankets, pots, pans, plastic sheeting, rice,

noodles and 10,000 bottles fordistribution. Apparently Lhokseumawe isflooding as well, 30 cm of water near ouroffice, so it is not going to be easy toshop. The assessment team went to do thefield and do distribution according to themost immediate needs

Faruque has contacted WFP who are doingassessments for food distribution.


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December 24

An estimated total of 216,000 people affected

Health - our team has listed most common ailments asrespiratory infections, stomach complaints includingdiarrhea, fevers, skin conditions, rheumatism

Save the Children Response to date:

North Sumatra -1,300 tarpaulins, 1,658 hygiene kits,590 household kits

Aceh - 10,000 bottles water, 10,000 packs noodles,10,000 packs high energy biscuits, One temporary clinic


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December 25

Many areas are still in accessible due to flooding and landslides

Total Affected population = 367,220

Save the Children response to-date:

North Sumatra: 1,300 tarpaulins, 1,658 hygiene kits, 590household kits

Aceh: 15,000 liters of water, 10,000 packs noodles, Onetemporary clinic and supplies, Distribution of medical supplies tosix health centers

SC will be distributing 20.5 MT rice, 1,542 liters oil, 15,000 liters

water and 8,000 sanitary napkins on Tuesday and Wednesday inAceh Utara.


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Group Discussion

Have you responded to an

emergency?

If so, what was your role?

Documents

SC Emergency Preparedness and Response