Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Large
Scale Disaster
Sponsored by International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Co-sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Date: Mar. 16 (Sun), 13:30-19:30
Venue: B102, Kawauchi Kita Campus, Tohoku University
Organizer: International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Co-chairs: Shinichi Egawa (IRIDeS),
James J. James (President, Society of Disaster Medicine and Public
Health)
Aim:
The First part will be a workshop style. People’s mental and physical health
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should be prioritized in disaster risk reduction. One of the medical and public
health preparedness in disaster is the national establishment of health relief
system such as Japanese DMAT and disaster base hospitals including
information management and coordination. Considering the paradigm shift of
climate change, rapid unsustainable urbanization, poverty, lack of resources and
loss of biodiversity, large scale disaster requires the international cooperation
and coordination of medical and public health relief. Multi-hazard approach
including radiological and biological hazards will also be discussed. The
disciplines of international disaster medicine and public health should be
established and standardized at least in the regional level to make the regional
network possible. This workshop will discuss the standardization of education
and training of health professionals both in general practitioner level and
disaster medical experts as well as the training program for foreign medical
teams.
First Part: Workshop
13:15-13:30
Set up and Opening remarks
13:30-13:45
Haorile Chagan-Yasutan, Beata Shiratori, Yugo Ashino, Toshio Hattori,
Elizabeth Telan. Disaster-related Infectious Disease, IRIDeS and National
Reference Laboratory-SACCL San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines
Collaborative research on disaster-related infectious diseases between
Philippine and Japan.
13:45-14:00
Ayako Sumi, Associate Professor, Department of Hygiene, Sapporo
Medical University School of Medicine
Seasonality of tuberculosis epidemics - An application of time series
analysis to the surveillance data14:00-14:15
Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu, Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical
Medicine, Hawaii Center for AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawai'i Manoa
The AIDS Epidemic Disaster: Convergence towards a Cure
14:15-14:30
Yasuhiro Hakamata, General Medicine Center, Shizuoka General Hospital
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The current preparations for the disaster-related infectious disease in
Shizuoka: The questionnaire survey of the hospitals in highest danger
domain of earthquake and tsunami.
14:30-14:45
Yoshio Hosoi, Professor, Radiation Disaster Medicine, IRIDeS,
Radiological disaster and medical response in Great East Japan
Earthquake. (Temporary Title)
14:45-15:00
Masaharu Nakayama, Professor, Disaster Medical Informatics, IRIDeS,
Disaster medical information.
15:00-15:20
Aileen Espina (Director, Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center,
Tacloban, Philippines)
Hospital preparedness before and after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).
(Temporary Title)
15:20-15:40
Noriko Suzuki (JICA, Secretary General)
Medical and public health response in Japan Disaster Relief:
Programming and case reports. (Temporary Title)
15:40-15:55
TBD (Thailand)
Education and training of DMAT in Thailand. (Temporary Title)
15:55-16:10
TBD (Indonesia)
Disaster Medicine in Indonesia. (Temporary Title)
16:10-16:40
Panel Discussion
The second part will be an all-participating two role-playing games of Hinanzyo
Unei Game (HUG)© and simulated Health Cluster Meeting in disaster. Pre- and
Post-evaluation will be performed.
17:00-18:30
Hinanzyo Unei Game (HUG)®
HUG was developed by Shizuoka Prefecture, JAPAN, The participants will
identify the special needs of affected people, especially children, women,
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elderly, people with disability and chronic disease, foreigners. Participants
will produce the ideas to reduce the vulnerability in health of the
community in disaster.
18:30-19:30
Simulated Health Cluster Meeting
Simulated Health Cluster Meeting is attempting the virtual discussion of
the participants to deal with the various health-related needs and requests
from the affected area in disaster. Experience sharing and active
participation are welcome.
19:30-19:45
Closing remarks and clean up
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