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Health Centred Disaster Risk Reduction: A New Agenda for a New Era Wednesday 16th September, 2015 19:00 – 21:00
Registration Open in main Foyer of Sutherland Building 15:00 – 17:00
Conference Reception, also marking the 15th Anniversary of the Northumbria Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Postgraduate Programme – All delegates are invited Sutherland Building
Thursday 17th September, 2015 (Day One) 08:00 - 08:45
Registrations in Main Foyer of Sutherland Building – Arriving Period - Tea and Coffee
08:45 - 09:20
Opening Session: Great Hall, Sutherland Building Chair: John Woodward, Associate Dean (Research and Innovation), Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University Welcome Address: George Marston, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Northumbria University World Health Organization (WHO) Introduction: Jonathan Abrahams, Disaster Risk Management Focal Point, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva Conference Theme, Background and Context: Andrew Collins, Disaster and Development Network (DDN), Northumbria University
09:20 - 10:45
Plenary Session One: Great Hall, Sutherland Building ‘Current Progress in Addressing Health aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction’ Chair: Andrew Collins Presentation 1: Chadia Wannous – Senior Advisor and Health Focal Point, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva Presentation 2: Virgina Murray – Public Health England and UNISDR Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) Presentation 3: Jessica Camburn – Director, Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) Questions and discussion (minimum 15 mins)
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10:45 - 11:00
Tea and Coffee
11:00 - 12:45
Parallel Sessions Great Hall Sutherland Building
Boardroom Room 001 Sutherland Building or Other
Theme: Culturally sensitive first aid and public health services make a difference Chair: Klaus Geiselhart, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Theme: Health disaster mitigation and humanitarian governance Chairs: Sanjiv Thapa, Nepal Red Cross Society, Nepal and Srinath Perera, Northumbria University
1. A framework to evaluate cultures of catastrophes – the case of Ebola Lena Bledau and Martin Voss, Free University of Berlin, Germany
1. Health emergency response case study from the Nepal Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 Sanjiv Thapa, Ajit Sharma, Uttam Joshi and Mona Aryal, Nepal Red Cross Society, Nepal
2. Ideals – interventions – impacts: investigating re-ordering processes in medical humanitarian assistance Tanja Granzow and Gabriele Alex, University of Tuebingen, Germany
2. Revisiting relief governance during the Nepal Gorkha Earthquake of 2015 Komal Aryal, Tribhuvan University and Sagar Sharma, Kathmandu University, Nepal
3. Highly effective – but is it sustainable? Antiretroviral medication in the response to HIV/AIDS in Botswana Klaus Geiselhart, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
3. Health of the humanitarian sector Moustafa Osman and Rianne C ten Veen, Osman Consulting Ltd – Disaster Management Experts, UK
4. Behavioural monitoring for an all of society approach to HIV/AIDS risk reduction in Mozambique Andrew Collins, Northumbria University, UK
4. Cyclone Aila and its impact on health care systems: A Case Study from Upazila, Satkhira, Bangladesh Sheikh Mohammad Abdur Rahman, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh
5. The challenges of the HIV epidemic in the North East of England Edmund Ong, Newcastle University, UK
5. By Skype from a refugee camp at Calais Miriam Orcutt, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 15:15
Plenary Session Two: Great Hall, Sutherland Building ‘Emergency Health Prevention and Response’ Chair: Simon Griffiths, Department of Geography, Northumbria University Presentation 1: ‘UK military’s planning and response to emergency health threats’, Lt Col Gareth Moore, Head of Army Environmental Health Unit, British Army Presentation 2: Stephen Groves, National Lead for Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response for NHS England
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Presentation 3: ‘Ebola response by Save the Children’, Michael Von Bertele, Global Humanitarian Director, Save the Children Questions and discussion (minimum 15 mins) 15:15 – 15:30
Tea and Coffee
15:30 – 16:15
Workshop: Boardroom 1, Sutherland Building ‘The Youth Voice in Disaster Reduction’ – Newcastle College and Northumbria Students Union Disaster and Development Society
16:15 – 18:00
Parallel Sessions Great Hall Sutherland Building
Boardroom 001 Sutherland Building
Panel Discussion Theme: Managing and sustaining healthcare operations during disaster events: perspectives and lessons from different continents during the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic Chair: Chad Priest, Indiana University, USA
Vignette Theme: British Army Health Emergency Vignettes Chair: Lt Col Gareth Moore, Army Environmental Health Unit, British Army
Panel Discussion:
This session involves Vignettes provided by the British Army around the theme of ‘Prioritisation of health threats and prevention and control of disease in austere or disaster environments’.
Discussants: 1. Chad Priest, Indiana University, USA 2. Josh Mugele, Indiana University, USA Wvannie Scott-McDonald, John F. Kennedy Medical Centre, Liberia and Lindis Hurum, Médecins Sans Frontiéres and University of Copenhagen, Denmark (by video) 3. Edmund Ong, Newcastle University, UK MSF’s experience of Ebola in Liberia: An Observer’s view This session will be accompanied by a number of returned MSF volunteers.
19:00 – 21:30
Conference Dinner City Campus East
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Friday 18th September (Day Two) 09:00 - 10:30
Plenary Session Three: Great Hall, Sutherland Building ‘Intervention Costs and Initiatives’ Chair: Jane Entwistle, Head of Department of Geography, Northumbria University Presentation 1: Risk, politics and money: the need for a value-based model for financing emergency preparedness and response, William F. Pilkington, Cabarrus Health Alliance, USA and Tim Stephens, MESH Coalition, USA Presentation 2: The cost of recovery: health, mental health and its costs in the years following the Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes, Alistair Humphrey, Greg Hamilton, and Peri Renison, Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand Presentation 3: Progressing UK investments in Disaster Risk Reduction Research, John Rees, Natural Hazards Theme Leader and Science Champion, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK and Chair of UKCDS Disaster Risk Reduction Group Questions and discussion (minimum 15 mins)
10:30 – 10:45
Tea and Coffee
10:45 - 13:00
UK Collaborative on Development Science (UKCDS) Workshop Great Hall Sutherland Building
Workshop Theme: UK Disaster Research Community: Knowledge Capabilities and Expertise Chairs: Julie Calkins and Team, UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) Mapping exercise to identify and report resources, knowledge, and expertise existing within the UK disaster research community. This exercise has the objectives to: • • •
Contribute to a directory for UK government and others involved in providing evidence for DRR or responding to events. Contribute to greater cohesion and awareness across the DRR research community. Develop a methodology of stock-taking that may be of use to other countries undertaking similar assessment.
Boardroom 001 Sutherland Building
Theme: Slow onset health and development risk reduction in society Chairs: Ibrahim Shaw, Northumbria University 1. The evolution of adaptive health and nutrition service delivery systems: disaster resilience strengthening in Ethiopia Bob Alexander, Independent 2. Perceptions, responses and views on drought impact amongst land reform beneficiaries in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Siviwe Shwababa and Andries Jordaan, University of the Free State, South Africa 3. How to perform a social autopsy: sociology, heatwaves and health-centred disaster risk reduction Steve Matthewman, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:45
Parallel Sessions Great Hall Sutherland Building
Boardroom 001 Sutherland Building
Theme: Strategic challenges in health related impact mitigation Chair: TBC
Theme : Health and education in disaster risk reduction Chair: Richard Kotter, Northumbria University
1. We need a practical disaster epidemiology – injuries, search and rescue David Alexander, University College London
1. The utilization of healthcare coalitions and resiliency forums: the national health security strategy John Walsh Jr. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Allan Graeme Swan, MESH Coalition, USA
2. Working and living in an ongoing hazard context: influences on adjustments and migration of healthcare staff in Montserrat, West Indies Victoria Sword-Daniels, Tiziana Rossetto, John Twigg, University College London, David Johnston, Massey University and GNS, Thomas Wilson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Susanne Sargeant, British Geological Survey, UK 3. Planning for animal disease epidemics in a multi-hazard context: learning from the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic Cheney Shreve and Maureen Fordham, Northumbria University, UK 4. Some shots save lives: innovation to ensure vaccination coverage in conflict settings James Smith, North East Thames Foundation School, Mirium Orcutt, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nathan Post, Ben Silberberg, Newcastle University and Sultana Begum, UK 5. Challenges to the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction policies by stakeholder agencies in developing economies – a case of Nigeria Emergency Management Agency South East, Nigeria Iloka Nnamdi Gregory and Geoff O’Brien, Northumbria University, UK
2. Development of a simulation-based curriculum to train healthcare workers in principles of triage and disaster management Emily Fitz and Josh Mugele, Indiana University, USA 3. Missing the opportunity? Participation of young people in health centred disaster risk reduction: a case of Tokwe Mukosi in Mazvingo Province in Zimbabwe Edson Munsaka, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe and University of Johannesburg, South Africa 4. Mamten earthquake recording project collaboration with elementary school students Takuya Iwahori, Kyoto University, Japan 5. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) during post-disaster recovery and resilience Sneha Krishnan, John Twigg and Cassidy Johnson, University College London, UK
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15:45 – 16:00 Tea and Coffee 16:00 - 16:50
Plenary Session Four: Great Hall, Sutherland Building Facilitated Group Discussion Chairs: Andrew Collins, Jonathan Abrahams et al. Topic: “Health Centred Disaster Risk Reduction: A New Agenda for a New Era”
16:50 – 17:00
Closing: Rebecca Strachan, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
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