GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Prof. Virginia Murray - Head - Extreme Events and Health Protection - UK Health Protection Agency

1. GRF One Health Summit 2012 - Plenary Session V!!:
Urban Health – One Health: Intersectoral and
Interdisciplinary Challenges 22nd February 2012
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events
and Disasters as an interdisciplinary
challenge
Professor Virginia Murray
Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection
Health Protection Agency
February 22, 2012

2. Outline
Health Protection Agency
and Extreme Events and
Health Protection
IPCC SREX
Hyogo Framework for
Action
WHO/HPA/UNISDR DRM
for health
WHO Europe Health
Systems Toolkit
Thoughts for One Health

3. • Reducing key infections
• Minimising the health impact of environmental
hazards including radiation, chemicals,
poisonings and extreme events such as
flooding
• Supporting safe and effective biological
medicines

4. • Co-ordinate investigations
and outbreak control
• Laboratory services
• Advise government
• Respond to international
health alerts

7. Climate change
disaster risk, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience
human systems and ecosystems
Managing risks from climate extremes at
local level
national level
international level
Toward a sustainable and resilient future
Case studies

18. http://www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/docs/HFA-brochure-English.pdf

22. Disaster Risk Management for Health
Chemical safety Mental health and
psychosocial support
Child health
Non-communicable
Climate Change
diseases
management
Nutrition
Communicable disease
Radiation emergencies
Disabilities
Safe hospitals
Mass casualty
management Sexual and reproductive
health
Mass fatalities
WASH

23. http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1296686244041 and
http://www.who.int/hac/events/disaster_reduction_2011/en/

25. Collaborating Centre on Mass
Gatherings and Extreme Events

26. Thoughts for One Health
• Worldwide, effects of extreme weather events
and natural hazards are apparent, having
increasing significance for human health of
which One Health is a part
• Climate change will increase extreme events
and the impact on health and health systems
• Managing the risks of Extreme Events and
Disasters as an interdisciplinary challenge is
key
• Hyogo Framework for Action – would it help to
support the One Health ‘umbrella’?