7. Health
7.0 Introduction:
Health care during emergencies is very essential to reduce morbidity, mortality and disability. Vulnerable groups such as the wounded, sick, children, pregnant women, lactating mothers, PLWHAs, victims of sexual violence, traumatized may require medical attention. Additional support for vaccines and medication will be required.
Sectoral Objective:
To ensure access to healthcare service delivery to the affected population in emergency situations
Operational Objectives:
- To reduce mortality, morbidity and disability
- To ensure effective, efficient and appropriate health care delivery to vulnerable groups
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Sector Name: Health
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Strategies
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Requirements
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Currently Available/Deployed Activity
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Operational Constraint and Gaps
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ACTORS
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Emergency Preparedness
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- Coordination meeting-
- Simulation exercises
- Constitution of Rapid Response Team
- Training and re-retraining of staff on health emergency response
- Sensitization/campaigns
- Pre-positioning of drugs/medical supplies
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- National stakeholders meeting coordinated by NEMA HQ in collaboration with FMOH, zonal stakeholders meeting coordinated by NEMA zonal offices in collaboration with SEMA, LEMA and SMOH
- Training
- Sensitization
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- Inadequate personnel
- Training
- Inadequate funding
- Turf protection affect coordination
- Lack of political will and commitment
- HEPRP
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NEMA, FMOH, SMOH/ LGA, NACA, SACA, SEMA,LEMA, NGOs and partners
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Minimum Response
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- Rapid assessment to determine situation on ground and level of intervention by other stakeholders
- Immediate deployment of medical personnel and equipment
- Setting up of camp clinic
- Documentation/registration
- Logistics and supplies
- deployment of drugs
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- Rapid assessment to determine situation on ground and level of intervention by other stakeholders
- Immediate deployment of medical personnel and supplies
- Setting up of camp clinic
- Documentation/registration
- Integrated Diseases, Surveillance and Response IDSR, International Health regulation IHR
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- Inadequate personnel
- Training needs
- Inadequate funding
- Difficulties in identifying people with special health conditions,
- health facilities could be depleted
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NEMA, FMOH, SMOH/ LGA, NACA, SACA, SEMA, LEMA NGOs and partners
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Comprehensive Response
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-Review meeting with MOH and other stakeholders to determine situation on ground and work out modalities to hand over
- Case management
- Identify and designate appropriate health facilities for referral if need be
- Rehabilitation
- Health education and counselling
- Segregation of cases
- Winding up
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- Lack of adequate preparedness
- Availability of sectoral Contingency Plan
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NEMA, FMOH, SMOH/ LGA, NACA, SACA, SEMA,LEMA, NGOs and partners
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Table 13: Health