The Epinurse project combines epidemiology and nursing to monitor health risks and ensure community safety through ICT tools. It has been implemented in various disaster-affected regions including Japan, the Philippines, and Nepal, providing vital data to prevent health crises. Recognized by the UN for its innovative approach, Epinurse aims to enhance disaster risk reduction and improve health outcomes in vulnerable areas.

1. EpiNurse Project
Epidemiology + Local Nurses
for Disaster Risk Reduction
Presented by:
Uttam Paudel
(Geomorphologist)
Sushila Paudel
(Nurse)
https://www.epinurse.org/

2. EpiNurse project
EpiNurses (Epidemiology+Nurse)
• Daily monitoring of living environment and direct
data transmission on health risk ensure the health
and safety of communities.
• EpiNurse use ICT Toolkit to assess living
conditions and provide crucial yet hard-to-collect
evidences of communicable diseases and prevent an
eruption of health threats.

3. EpiNurse Case station
Japan: Developed in Kochi with lessons learnt from the 2011
earthquake and tsunami.
Philippines: Integrated with Early Warning System in the Philippines
after typhoon Yolanda 2013
Nepal: Following the Nepal Earthquake 2015, and the current
challenge.
Recipient: UN Risk Award 2017, UNISDR
DR Congo: Participatory action for the prevention of
Malaria
Indonesia: Participatory mapping of health
actions for DRR

4. Learning form the ICT and mapping experiences in the
Philippines.
EpiNurse: Implemented after Nepal Earthquake 2015 (1
year),

5. Making a map may not seem like the most
obvious reaction in the midst of a major
humanitarian crisis

9. Humanitarian Open Space

15. www.epinurse.org
FB page: EpiNurse
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