Timeline of Emergency and Humanitarian Action work in WHO' South-East Asia Region, 3.20Mb

Emergency and Humanitarian Action in the South-East Asia Region
Fire in
Dhaka –
100 dead,
over 200
with burn
injuries

Cyclone
Nargis,
Myanmar130 000
dead
Flash floods
in Sri Lanka

Severe monsoon
flooding in
Bangladesh

Emergencies and Disasters
Frequent

emergencies
-major
floods and
tropical
cyclones,
volcano
eruption and
earthquakes

May,
Cyclone in
Bangladesh
--138 000
dead and
136 000
injured

Earthquake
in South Java,
Indonesia -200 deaths

and thousands
displaced

DPR Korea
crisis –
severe
drought/
famine.

East Timor
crisis – civil
conflict
after 1999
referendum

1989

1991

1994

1997

1999

HQ
Emergency
Preparedness
& Response
(EPR)
programme
assessment
for
Bangladesh,
Indonesia and
India.

Regional
strategies for
EPR developed

Post for
Regional
Adviser for
EPR in WHO
SEA Region
established

WHO-SEARO
set up
Emergency and
Humanitarian
Action (EHA)
programme
and eventually
a full-fledged
WHO office in
DPR Korea

WHO-SEARO

establishes
its office in
the newly
independent
country
through
the EHA
programme.

Support for
response to
cyclone and
assisted in
setting up
a national
health sector
emergency
programme in
Bangladesh

Gujarat
(India)
earthquake

2001
WHO supports
health response
and recovery
with a field
office

Sri Lanka
- major
floods
in 2003
affecting
many
districts.

20

02

-03

Support
provided for
floods in Sri
Lanka
Network of
EHA focal
points in
country
offices
begins.
First InterRegional
PHEMAP
conducted
with ADPC
and WHOWestern

Pacific
Region as
partners

Earthquakes
and tsunami
of 26
December
2004 affecting
India,
Indonesia,
Maldives,
Myanmar
Sri Lanka,
Thailand 220 000
people dead

2004
WHO country
offices and

SEARO
support health
responses and
interventions
for tsunamiaffected
countries
Post for Technical
Officer-EHA
established in
SEARO as part
of institutional
capacity building
for WHO in
emergencies
RC resolution
on emergency
health
preparedness
was passed

Nias Island,
Sumatra,
Indonesia
earthquake

5

Yogyakarta
earthquake,
Indonesia

2006

Health
Cluster
Approach
first
Globally, the
implemented
beginning of

in South-East
humanitarian
reform initiative Asia Region
of the UN.

0
20

Development
of SEAR
benchmarks
for emergency
preparedness
and response
Release
of several
documents on
the tsunami
response
Development
of SEAR
benchmarks for
EPR

Severe
monsoon
floodsBangladesh
and India.

07
0
2
The SouthEast Asia
Regional
Health
Emergency
Fund
(SEARHEF)
established
- rapid
response
fund provided
24 hours
upon request
Formation
of Regional
Technical
Advisory
Group for
Emergency
and
Humanitarian
Action with
external
partners

Kosi river
floods,
Nepal –
around
30 000
displaced

2008

Sri Lanka
conflict ends –
approximately
300 000
displaced

09
20

Regional
stockpile of
emergency
supplies
set-up in
Bangkok and
New Delhi

Global
Campaign
for Safe
Hospitals:
Save lives
keep hospitals
safe from
disasters

Regional
Public
Health PreDeployment
Course
conducted
for country
teams

Social media
campaign
launched:
www.
facebook.
com/
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Regional
consultation
on Keeping
Health
Facilities
Safe from
Disasters

Kathmandu
Declaration
by Health
Ministers on
Protecting
health
facilities from
disasters
South East
Asia Disaster
Health
Information
Network
(SEADHIN)
established
www.
seadhin.org

Mt Merapi
eruption
in
Indonesia
– 3.5
million
affected

DPR Korea
floods from
torrential
rains
Thailand
floods –
Myanmar
approximately fire
2.84
explosion
million
people
2
affected
201

1
01

2010
Scaling up
of WHO
country
office
operational
readiness
capacities
Health
cluster
coordinators
training
- Jakarta,
Indonesia.
Regional
meeting
on primary
health care
approach in
emergencies

2

WHO
Country
offices lead
response
and SEARO
EHA
provides
back-up
financial,
technical
and
operational
support

Assessments
using SEAR
benchmarks
completed
in SEAR
countries

Emergencies
supported by
SEARHEF