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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONREGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE
Extreme Weather Events, Water and Health
5th Meeting of theWorking Group on Water and Health
Geneva, 5 – 7 December 2005
Source: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database www.em-dat.net - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium
Number of people killed in all water related extreme events/disasters in the European Region,
1970 - 2005
000012235617222425273131364150525757647282
138143159179190
264390
712931
10621200
12691805
20762154
3036
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
DenmarkFinland
LuxemburgTurkmenistan
Norw ayBelarusGeorgiaIreland
ArmeniaBosnia-Hercegovina
Serbia MontenegroBulgariaSw eden
UzbekistanAzerbaijan
IsraelUkraine
LatviaCroatiaIceland
LithuaniaCyprus
Modova RepSlovakia (w ithout
Czech Republic+CzechoslovakiaSw itzerland
AustriaAlbaniaBelgium
Macedonia FRY and YugoslaviaGreece
KyrgyzstanHungaryRomania
PolandSpain
NetherlandsTurkey
TajikistanUnited Kingdom
PortugalRussia (and Soviet Union)
GermanyFrance
Italy
number of people killed in all water relatedevents/disasters 1970-2005
2045115414
5330
The relationship between regional weather changes, exposures and health
outcomes
cCASHh, Summary for Policy Makers, 2005
Prevention of health effects of extreme weather events
Adaptation in other sectors and sytems Health sytem adaptation
From disaster response to risk management Risk assessment Weather warning systems for early public health action Rapid detection of impacts International coordination Risk communication Research
What do we propose?
Setting up an expert group to :
Support the scientific communities and decision-makers;
Identify the main concerns; Identify preventive measures to be
strengthened; Assist in development of targets and
implementation of effective measures; Interim results.
MP.WAT/WG.4/2005/7EUR/05/5047554/7
From disaster responseto risk management
Risk assessment
Weather warning systemsfor early public health action
Rapid detection of impacts
Internationalcoordination
Risk communication
Research
The Working Group
• Protocol on Water and Health, Article 8, 12 and 13:
Surveilllance and early warning • Guidelines on Sustainable Flood Protection:
Control and reduce health impacts • Seminar on Flood Prevention, Protection and Mitigation:
Capacity building and policy guidance
Based on:
Set up, under the existing work plan, an expert
group on extreme weather events, water and health;
Invite countries to lead and contribute to the
work of the expert group.
The Working Group may wish to:
GCH unit of WHO/Euro
Bettina [email protected]
Franziska [email protected]
Tanja [email protected]
Christian [email protected]
http://www.euro.who.int/globalchange