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EBOLA VIRUS OUTBREAKS:
UNDERSTANDING RISK AND RISK
REDUCTION USING NATURAL
HAZARD PARADIGMS
APPLYING WHAT WE KNOW INNOVATIVELY
AND STRATEGICALLY TO ACHIEVE
SOCIETAL SUSTAINABILITY
A FRAMEWORK FOR LIVING WITH THE
INSTABILITIES CAUSED BY DEADLY
DISEASE OUTBREAKS SUCH AS EBOLA AND
PANDEMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES,
AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone
THE VISION IS SUSTAINABLE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE
IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD
EDUCATION AND ACTIVE LEARNING
UNDER-
STAND
IDENT-
IFY
HEAR
PERSON-
ALIZEACT
PERIOD OF
INTEGRATION
WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITYPERIOD OF
IMPLEMENTATION
Belgian Doctors in Zaire, 1976
Dr Peter Piot’s notes describing the
characteristics of Ebola in 1976
have been invaluable in the response
to subsequent outbreaks
EDUCATION
GOAL:
SOCIETAL
SUSTANABILITY
ACADEMIA
FUNCTIONAL
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
INFORMATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELSORGANIZATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
INNOVATION
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
Stratec Consulting
YOUR
COMMUNITYDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK REDUCTION
•PREVENTION-MITIGATION
•PREPAREDNESS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY
•ADAPTATION
POLICY OPTIONS
EVERY COMMUNITY IS AT RISK
AND HAS AN URGENT NEED
FOR PUBLIC POLICIES AND
STRATEGIC PLANS TO
MONITOR, PREVENT, MITIGATE,
AND PREPARE FOR THE
INEVITABLE
ALL PUBLIC POLICIES SHOULD BE
BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO KEEP IT
FROM HAPPENING AND CAUSING A
DISASTER OR CATASTROPHIC
DISEASE OUTBREAK
DISEASE OUTBREAKS LIKE
NATURAL DISASTERS IMPACT ALL
ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
SOCIETAL SUSTAINABILITY
GOAL: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDA
(CA) OF TECHNICAL
AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
TECHNICAL
SOLUTIONS POLITICAL
SOLUTIONSCA
OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FROM
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WATER-BORNE
DISEASES
AIR-BORNE
DISEASES
PEOPLE-BORNE
DISEASES
VIRUSES,
BACTERIA,
TOXINS
SURPRISE!
THE EBOLA VIRUS IS ONE OF THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT THE
WORLD IS NOW URGENTLY
CONCERNED ABOUT (AGAIN)
AT PRESENT, NO KNOWN
CURE EXISTS
ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OFTHE
EBOLA-ZAIRE VIRUS
SYMPTOMS
ELEMENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC RISK
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY LOCATION
RISK
AFRICA: NATURAL HAZARDS,
PLAGUES AND POLITICS
POLITICAL
INSTABILITY
FLOODS
DROUGHTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
THREATS TO AIR,
WATER, AND SOIL
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
POOR HEALTH
The First Cases of Ebola emerged in
Guinea in March of this year and has
since spread to Sierra Leone and
Liberia, with a suspected cluster in
densely populated Nigeria.
THE SPREAD OF EBOLA
HISTORY OF EBOLA
OUTBREAKS 1976-2014
Zaire Outbreak, 1976
The current Ebola outbreak
is the largest and longest ever
recorded for the disease, which
has a death rate of about 50
percent and has so far killed at
least 961 people, according to
the World Health Organization.
Scientists say the disease can
only be spread through direct
contact with bodily fluids.
VULNERABILITIES
The virus is spread by contact
with a stricken person’s fluids:
blood, sweat, tears, and
diarrhea.
FIGHTING EBOLA
THE PRINCIPLES WE
EMPLOY IN FIGHTING
NATURAL HAZARDS CAN
ALSO BE APPLIED TO
OUTBREAKS AND
EPIDEMICS
STRATEGIES TO HALT THE SPREAD OF EBOLA
ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION
MONITOR (REAL-TIME
KNOWEDGE OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN
SPACE AND TIME)
PREVENTION
(CONTROL THE
SOURCE)
House to house disease surveys or monitoring
is essential for detection of the earliest cases in
and to answer to effective prevention measures
before a disease outbreak gets out of control
THERE IS A COMMON AGENDA FOR SOCIETAL
SUSTAINABILITY WHETHER PREPARING FOR
EPIDEMICS OR EARTHQUAKES
MITIGATION
(REDUCE
SOCIETAL
IMPACTS)
PREPAREDNESS
(BE READY FOR
THE INEVITABLE
AND THE UN-
THINKABLE)
THE SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO A DEADLY EPIDEMIC
AND A CATASTROPHIC NATURAL DISASTER BOTH
DEPEND ON COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, EDUCATION,
AND AWARENESS OF THE THREAT
THE PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTHENING
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ARE THE SAME
FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AS THEY ARE
FOR EPIDEMICS OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASE