Disaster Risk Management

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Disaster Risk Management

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IFMSA SMALL WORKING GROUP

PRESIDENT WELCOME MESSAGEIn the IFMSA, we not only strive to develop culturally aware and sensitive future physicians; we also mentor

their transition into global health leaders. We believe in the importance of instilling an understanding with-

in graduates that the privileges of becoming a health professional are accompanied by duties and responsibili-

ties towards our society. This is a responsibility that extends beyond health care facilities; one that crosses all

borders and eliminates all forms of discrimination, irrespective of political ideology, religion, sex, gender, eth-

nicity, nationality and other diversities.

For decades, our Federation has succeeded in creating a massively positive impact in Global

Health, as well as empowering its members to utilize their vision and ideas, turning them into an achiev-

able reality, and ultimately influencing the field of healthcare as we know it. We are one of the stakehold-

ers in the field of universal health coverage, right to health for youth and women, health equity, and the Sus-

tainable Development Goals (SDGs), where we have actively taken part in its various aspects of healthcare.

The global challenge of our time is approaching us, as we aim to secure a better, healthier way of life

for all. Currently, the rate at which populations are facing disasters worldwide is increasing tremendous-

ly. With such disasters carrying extensive political, economic, social, and more importantly public health im-

pacts, with potential long- term consequences, which can undermine decades of social development and halt

progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Therefore, conserving the qual-

ity of healthcare in areas at risk of being affected by disasters is one of the largest, most influential glob-

al health targets set to be accomplished.

The urge to address this existing problem cannot be kept on hold much longer, and so the time to

act is now! The IFMSA calls for all medical students to participate in training activities that impart the nec-

essary knowledge and skills on disaster preparedness and health emergency management, respec-

tive of both their medical and public health dimensions. We encourage all members to join the movement of

Disaster Risk Management and thereby fulfilling their responsibility as future doctors to ensure health-

care for all, with the first step being to equip them with the aforementioned knowledge and skills. Having this in

mind, the IFMSA and myself as President, congratulate you as participant in the Disaster Risk Management

preGA of the August Meeting 2014.

You have taken the first step into becoming Disasters Risk Management active contributors, where you will

address one of the largest health challenges of our society today. It is a privilege for the Federation and my-

self to fully support your decision to join this movement, as developing your skills and knowledge as active

contributors in Disaster Risk Management. I wish you a fruitful training and I look forward to seeing your fu-

ture involvement in this influential field.

Best Regards,

Joško Miše

IFMSA President 2014

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Number of Participantsselected from interested members all around the world 21Countries representedwith the unique opportunity to create global capacity 19

The Small Working Group

on Disaster Risk Manage-

ment was created after

IFMSA sent a delegation to

the Global Platform in the

year 2013.

Around the world, the intensity and frequency of dis-

asters are increasing at an alarming rate. As is often

the case, least developed countries and societies are

not only the most affected but also suffer the most in

terms of casualties. Developmental progress span-

ning entire decades can be eradicated within one

fatal day. Hazards like earthquakes or chemical out-

breaks demonstrate high-risk profiles with the poten-

tial to cause severe damage to critical infrastructure,

as well as, loss of life and human injuries. We cannot

prevent a hazard from happening, but we can prevent

it from turning into a disaster. The majority of disas-

ters only occur, when societies are not equipped well

enough to manage hazards. Disasters are prevent-

able - preventable by us!

This growing importance of DRM within sustainable

development is reflected by the rising efforts being

spent by notable UN agencies such as the United Na-

tions, WHO and also organisations such as the IFM-

SA. IFMSA calls for greater disaster and emergency

preparedness and response from medical students,

healthcare professionals, the health sector, govern-

ments, non-governmental organizations and inter-

national organizations. The Involvement of IFMSA-

members in this field goes far back into the history

of our Federation and consists of a comprehensive

approach to health awareness, education and train-

ing, advocacy and assistance.

As the largest organization of medical students in the

world, we recognize the importance of enhancing our

efforts to better prepare our societies for disasters

at all levels of society and to make sure that health

is maintained during disaster response and recovery.

IFMSA continues our responsibility as global citizens

and future doctors, by building upon our involvement

in the field of DRM, especially, in relation to address-

ing the health aspects of reducing risk and building

resilience in our communities.

Aiming to increase capacity, spread awareness, ad-

vocate, and assist in the field of DRM, the Permanent

Small Working Group (PSWG) for DRM was founded

in 2013 among IFMSA members worldwide. Estab-

lished on the basis of a strong moral obligation, we

work together to give our members opportunities to

share their knowledge and gain from experiences not

only between each other but also in collaboration

with experts. Investing in the youth of IFMSA, we hope

to build together more resilient and disaster prepared

societies. Better disaster preparedness, prevention,

response and recovery benefits all of society and are

a shared responsibility.

OUR PREGA

It is with great honor that we warmly welcome you to the second IFMSA Disas-ter Risk Management (DRM) preGA training, taking place in Taipei, Taiwan. Over the next days, we will take you on an inspiring journey upon which you will be-come equipped with the knowledge for meaningful participation in this impor-tant field. Accompanied by outstanding external professionals and experts, we hope to provide you with a clear pathway through Disaster Risk Management (DRM), highlight future advocacy opportunities and even simulate a disaster scenario.

IFMSA - INVOLVEMENT IN DRMPSWG “DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT”

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Urgent change is required to secure a safer future

for the world. One crucial part of IFMSAs active con-

tribution to this consists of leading and facilitating

the voice of medical students worlwide at different

consultations and negotiations of the United Nations

Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), WHO

and UNHCR. Most recently, IFMSA played a major

advocacy role at the First Session of the Preparatory

Committee for the Third UN World Congress for DRR

in July 2014. We are recognized by the UNISDR being

an important partner within the UN Major Group for

Children and Youth, and have established a collabo-

ration with several other organizations such as the

World Health Organization ERM and Humanitarian

Response Department, IPPNW, Youth Beyond Disas-

ters, ICRC, CRIMEDM, and the World Association for

Disaster and Emergency Medicine.

Another increasing aspect of the work delivered by

the IFMSA DRM PSWG consists of student-led re-

search supported by experienced disaster medcine

researchers. We aim to build deeper knowledge

amongst future health professionals on DRM and at

the same time contribute to the scientific community

on DRM and Health. This also meets the current in-

ternationally recognized need for professionalisation

of humanitarian actors and actions.

Of course, this would not be possible without the

dedication and support of our IFMSA members and

the commitment of our DRM PSWG. Therefore, our

other key element is capacity building and raising

awareness among medical students. Over 2013 and

2014, we successfully delivered several workshops

most notably during the IFMSA Egypt Global Health

Winter Camp 2014 and the first DRM preGA in Tunisia.

We look forward and welcome you as our newest

members to the IFMSA DRM advocacy and capacity

building family.

We hope, that you will be as inspired as we are, and

during the coming days develop necessary knowl-

edge and skills to fuel your passion towards a more

resilient future for all.

Let´s create the world we want, a world without disasters!

AS MEDICAL STUDENTS COMMITTED TO SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS INTERNATIONALLY,

YOU ARE A POWERFUL SOURCE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. I COMMEND YOUR DETERMINATION TO USE YOUR MEDICAL

TRAINING TO BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. KOFI ANNAN AS UN SECRETARY GENERAL

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LET’S MAKE THE WORKSHOP AN AMAZING AND ENGAGING TIME

FOR ALL OF US!

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preGA AM2014PRELIMINARY AGENDA

TIME FRIDAY 01.08. SATURDAY 02.08. SUNDAY 03.08. Monday 04.08.

08.30 - 10.30

DRM Introduction

Moa Herrgård &

Christopher Schürmann

Ideas Café


IFMSA and DRM

Moa Herrgård

Humanitarian Response

Review of the national

DRM plans

Ljiljana Lukic

IFMSA DRM PSWG

Youth Participation in

Disaster Preparedness and

Prevention

Tam Hoang

YBD Vice Chair

10.30 - 11.00 Break Break Break

11.00 - 12.30

Medical Ethics in Danger

during armed conflicts

Moa Herrgård


Disaster Simulation

Luca Ragazzoni

CRIMEDIM



Prevention

Tam Hoang

YBD Vice Chair

12.30 - 13.15 Lunch Lunch Lunch

13.15 - 15.00

DRM Ethics - the basis of

Humanitarian Actions

Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai

MD, PhD

UNESCO Disaster Bioethics


Disaster Simulation

Luca Ragazzoni

CRIMEDIM



Prevention

Tam Hoang

YBD Vice Chair

15.00 - 15.30 Break Break Break

15.30 - 18.00

Climate Change and Health

Joint Session with the

Climate Change preGA

Session ends at 17.00


Disaster Simulation

Luca Ragazzoni

CRIMEDIM

Medical Students as

Humanitarian Actors

Steven Vercammen

EVAP

Future Plan of Action

Conclusion & Evaluation

Moa Herrgård &


18.00 - 19.30 Dinner Dinner Dinner

19.30 - open end

preGA Opening Ceremony

IFMSA AM14 preGA OC

Social Program Social Program End of Program

OC: Organizing Committee

DRM: Disaster Risk Management

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

PSWG: Permanent Small Working Group

CRIMEDIM: Research Center in Emergency & Disaster Medicine & Computer Sciences applied to the medical practices

YBD: Youth Beyond Disasters

EVAP: Emergency Volunteer Assistance Program

ABBREVIATIONS:

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MAY 2014 JUNE 2014 JULY 2014 AUGUST 2014 SEPTEMBER 2014 OCTOBER 2014

EuRegMe AM14

European Forum

IPPNW WC

1st PrepComOur PSWG hosted several

sission in the SCORP SC as

well as in a preEuRegMe.

Together with all of you, we

will have an amazing time

here in Taiwan.

The Fifth Annual meeting of the European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction will take place in Spain.

Our PSWG will represent DRM and Youth at the IPPNW World Congress.

The first session of the Pre-

paratory Committee took

place in Switzerland with

two delegates of IFMSA.

EVENTS OF 2014 AND 2015OUR TIMELINEThe Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Re-

duction will review the implementation of the Hyogo

Framework for Action (HFA) and is expected to adopt

a successor international framework for disaster risk

reduction.

Therefore, the upcoming period will contain differ-

ent regional platforms, ministerial conferences and

preparatory committee meetings. We as the IFMSA

PSWG on Disaster Risk Management are part of

this exciting consultation process. Together with the

World Health Organization we aim to improve the fo-

cus on health in this Post-2015 Framework on Disas-

ter Risk Reduction.

Through subsequent meetings leading up to March

2015, the stage will be set for the adoption of a new

global ageement for disaster risk reduction expected

to hold force for between 10-30 years.

IFMSA will be part of it.

You can be part of it!

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NOVEMBER 2014 DECEMBER 2014 JANUARY 2015 FEBRUAR 2015 MARCH 2015 APRIL 2015

HCBARM

WCDRR

2nd PrepComEuropean Forum

WCDEM

The Humanitarian Congress

Berlin is an international plat-

form for exchanging informa-

tion, experiences and ideas of

humanitarian aid.

We aim to have a session on DRM in

the upcoming IFMSA African Regional

Meeting.

The 3rd UN World Conference

on Disaster Risk Reduction will

be held from 14 to 18 March 2015

in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture,

Japan. Several thousand par-

ticipants are expected, including

at related events linked to the

World Conference under the um-

brella of building the resilience

of nations and communities to

disasters.

Accompanying the WCDRR a

Global Children and Youth Forum

will be hosted.

You are invited!

Together with other youth organiza-

tion we are hosting a Pre-PrepCom

Meeting.

Be a part of it and join this global

movement!

The World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine will take place from 21-24 April 2015 at the Cape Town International Conven-tion Centre, and will be hosted by the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine.

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“COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING; KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS; WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS.”

HENRY FORD

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A workshop is nothing without its participants. Therefore, we are proud to announce after receiving high quality applications, 21 participants were selected representing 19 different countries. We are looking forward to working with all of you.

OUR PARTICIPANTS

Mail: [email protected] Country: Algeria

ABDELDJEBBAR HAMARHOZM

Mail: [email protected] Country: Catalonia

ALBERT AGUT BUSQUET

Mail: [email protected] Country: Switzerland

BENJAMIN MAGYAR

Mail: [email protected] Country: Oman

HIBA AL HARTHY

Mail: [email protected] Country: Chile

IGNACIA ALVAREZ

Mail: [email protected] Country: Kuwait

ABDULAZIZ SADEQ

Mail: [email protected] Country: China

ANDY WU

Mail: [email protected] Country: Canada

CAMILLE PELLETIER VERNOOY

Mail: [email protected] Country: Norway

IDA MARIE VIKAN

Mail: [email protected] Country: Netherlands

MARJON FEENSTRA

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Mail: [email protected] Country: Poland

MARTA BORYS

Mail: robert.rodriguez-vigouroux @gmail.com Country: Switzerland

ROBERT RODRIGUEZ-VIGOUROUX

Mail: [email protected] Country: Germany

SUKHDEEP ARORA

Mail: [email protected] Country: Austria

CHRISTABEL EFTEKHARIAN

Mail: [email protected] Country: Malta

MARTINA BUGELLI

Mail: [email protected] Country: Taiwan

SHUO HUANG

Mail: [email protected] Country: Jordan

ZEINA KALAJI

Participants of the DRM preGA at the IFMSA MM14 in Tunisia

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THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE PSWG ON DRM

Mail: [email protected] Country: Croatia

LJILJANA LUKIC

Mail: [email protected] Country: South Sudan

YOUSIF WIDAATALLA

Mail: [email protected] Country: Sweden

MOA M. HERRGARD

Mail: [email protected] Country: Germany

CHRISTOPHER SCHÜRMANN

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Youth Beyond Disasters is a public space for all

young individuals and youth-led organizations having

an active interest in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).

Led by a global team of volunteers, the network has

partnered with the UNISDR to mobilize youth in the

build up and beyond the Third UN World Conference

on Disaster Risk Reduction (3WCDRR). We seek to

empower young people to share experiences and

exchange ideas focused on reducing disaster risk in

their communities. Started in 2011 and in partnership

with UNESCO, the global network today has grown to

over 1,000 young people from ages 18-30.

Between now and March 2015, Youth Beyond Dis-

asters aims to have the largest-ever mobilization of

young people towards DRR, engaging youth at all

levels and across all regions. The network has a vi-

sion for children and young people of all ages, back-

ground and abilities to be actively involved, meaning-

fully engaged, and confident in leading DRR. Over the

past few years, Youth Beyond Disasters has facilitat-

ed numerous youth-led conversations on disasters,

mobilizing young people at high level meetings, and

supporting them to create action plans designed to

bring change.

EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONSYOUTH BEYOND DISASTERS

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CRIMEDIM is a research center part of University of Eastern Piedmont, which aims to promote and develop research and training in emergency medi-cine and disasters with particular attention to the application in new informa-tion technologies in this context. Professors, young researchers and engi-neers from different academic disciplines are actively involved in innovative scientific research in various fields of emergency medicine and disasters.

CRIMEDIM The Research Center in Emer-gency & Disaster Medicine &

Computer Sciences applied to medical practices

RESEARCH

Low Resources Medicine: Develope-

ment and delivery of a course on low

resources medicine, targeted towards

residents leaving on humanitarian mis-

sions.

Eastern Piedmont Trauma Registry:

Epidemiological description of the

more traumatic events that occur in

our territory. In particular, focus on

head injury and evaluation of effec-

tiveness of prevention interventions on

the subject.

Riceland: Development and man-

agement of an integrated course for

preparation of the massive hospital

patients flow.

TRAINING

CRIMEDIM staff have twenty years of

experience in offering an innovative

teaching in Emergency Medicine and

Disasters, for the benefit of thousands

of health workers throughout the

country and, since 2000, to a growing

number of experts around the world.

The innovative methodologies, ori-

ented to teamwork and interactivity,

originate from the experiences gained

in modular training courses, and pro-

posed with success at university and

post-graduate, and further reformulat-

ed in the organization of international

congresses, which compared for the

first time the U.S. with European expe-

rience in the field of Emergency and

Disaster Medicine.

The UN Major Group Children and Youth is the of-

ficially recognized space within UN process for Sus-

tainable Development to facilitate the voice of chil-

dren and young people. Where possible it aims to

come to common positions for children and young

people so these can be presented to decision makers

and where this is not possible facilitate the diversity

of voices of children and young people to be heard.

The MGCY also works to inspire and be a platform

for children and young people’s activism through a

series of working groups, aimed at bringing people

together to help build the global youth voice.

Its role also includes capacity building and empower-

ment of young people formally it has a role in pro-

cess relating to the outcomes of Rio+20, the High

Level Political Forum, the Millennium Development

Goals, Open Working Groups and their successors

(the Open Working Group on Sustainable Develop-

ment Goals), Financing for Sustainable Development,

Disaster Risk Reduction, Small Island Developing

States, Consumption and Production Patterns and

other negations which are convened at the UN on

development issues.

MAJOR GROUP FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

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