VUSSC/Samoa Boot Camp/Team leaders meeting/Curriculum Ideas

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Introduction to Disaster Management

This course outline addresses disaster management in VUSSC countries.

  1. Overview of Disaster Management
    • Definition
    • Terminologies
    • Types of disasters
      • Natural disasters
      • Non-natural disasters
  2. Disaster management cycle Part I
    • Mitigation
      • Infrastructure e.g. Buildings, Transport
      • Disaster and Development/Policy
  3. Disaster management cycle Part II
    • Preparedness
  4. Disaster management cycle Part III
    • Response
      • Modern vs Traditional Approaches
      • Food, Water, Health, Sanitation, Shelter
    • Recovery
  5. Education and Public Awareness I
    • Community-based approach
  6. Education and Public Awareness II
    • Personnel Training and Volunteer Assistance
    • School-based programs
    • Dealing with hazardous materials
  7. Education and Public Awareness III
    • Culture and Disaster
  8. The Role of Technology in Disaster Management I
    • Emergency Management Systems
    • GIS
    • GPS
  9. The Role of Technology in Disaster Management II
    • Remote Sensing
    • Emerging Technologies
  10. Media and Disaster Management
    • The role of the media in Disaster Management
  11. Disasters and Health Issues I
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Risk Factors for Communicable Diseases after a Natural Disaster
  12. Disasters and Health Issues II
    • Vector-related diseases
    • Rehabilitation Measures
    • Environmental Health
  13. Social Effects of Disasters I
    • Social impacts
    • Welfare
    • Security
    • Economic impacts
    • Effects on animals
  14. Social Effects of Disasters II
    • Trauma
    • Counselling
  15. Vulnerable Groups in Disaster
    • Physically challenged
    • Elderly
    • Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
    • Vulnerability of women and children in disasters
    • Mainstreaming child protection and gender in emergency planning