Health and disaster risk reduction: Strengthening health systems for resilient communities

Health, especially of the poor, needs to be protected, promoted and improved as it is a basic human right. Health is the foundation of an individual’s security and safety; therefore it is everyone’s responsibility. With the advent of disasters and a changing environment, demands for health care services have been increasing.

This course shall focus on establishing and sustaining a community health system that can strengthen the foundation of safety and reduce health risks, particularly of the most marginalized section of the society. Sustaining a community health system for the poor is strategic to attaining the “Health for All” and the goal of “building resilient communities”. It calls for a more integrated approach that promotes people’s participation in the management of their own health.

This five-day course focuses on demonstrated models and strategies that aim to sustain efforts in community health. Participants are provided opportunities to examine community-based models and strategies that have worked within the context of resource-poor environments, in the face of hazards and changing climate.

Training modules:

- Challenges and initiatives for better health
- Facilitating community-managed health risk reduction (CMH): methods and process
- Sustaining health and DRR initiatives: The role of support organizations
- Action Planning