Improving COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness and response through the downstream of multi-hazard early warning system

通过多灾种早期预警系统的下游改善 COVID-19 和大流行病的防备和响应

• 批准号: EP/V026038/1
• 负责人: Dilanthi Amaratunga
• 金额: $ 21.51万
• 依托单位: University of Huddersfield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FV026038%2F1
• 关键词: Improving; COVID; 19; pandemic; preparedness

Many countries are now suffering after years of insufficient attention to warnings about the need for improved pandemic preparedness. The WHO has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, but its underlying factors, vulnerabilities and impacts go far beyond the health sector, and in Sri Lanka, it is overwhelming government and response agencies. This study will address two, inter-related challenges: How will countries cope if a major natural hazard occurs while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing? How can pandemic preparedness make use of the existing infrastructure for tackling other hazards? The project team will attempt to understand the potential impact of a pandemic-natural hazard hybrid scenario. It will also seek to improve early warning and preparedness for such an event, as well as the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEW) and disaster risk information that include pandemic/biological hazards, which is also Target G of the SFDRR [1]. We will address these challenges by examining how public health actors be better included within a MHEW environment and how pandemic threats are integrated within national and local DRR strategies. We will explore the impact of COVID-19 on the response capabilities for other hazards, either multiple simultaneous events, or cascading impacts, and consider how COVID-19 and public health surveillance can be synergised with "the last mile" of MHEW. Pandemic is global, but the preparedness and response is local, and that response is very dependent on governance, laws, culture, risk perception and citizen behaviour. The study has been designed in close collaboration with Sri Lankan health and DRR agencies who identified the key gaps that need exploring. The team will develop and disseminate guidance to better incorporate pandemics and other biological hazards into national and local DRR preparedness and response

多年来，许多国家没有充分重视关于需要改进大流行病防范工作的警告，现在正遭受痛苦。世卫组织已宣布COVID-19为大流行病，但其潜在因素、脆弱性和影响远远超出卫生部门，在斯里兰卡，政府和应对机构不堪重负。这项研究将解决两个相互关联的挑战：如果在COVID-19大流行期间发生重大自然灾害，各国将如何科普？大流行的防范工作如何利用现有的基础设施来应对其他危害？项目团队将尝试了解流行病-自然灾害混合情景的潜在影响。它还将寻求改善对此类事件的预警和准备，以及多危害预警系统（MHEW）和包括流行病/生物危害在内的灾害风险信息的可用性和获取，这也是SFDRR的目标G。我们将通过研究如何更好地将公共卫生行为者纳入MHEW环境以及如何将流行病威胁纳入国家和地方DRR战略来应对这些挑战。我们将探讨COVID-19对其他危害（多个同时发生的事件或连锁影响）的应对能力的影响，并考虑如何将COVID-19和公共卫生监测与MHEW的“最后一英里”协同增效。流行病是全球性的，但防范和应对是地方性的，而这种应对在很大程度上取决于治理、法律、文化、风险意识和公民行为。这项研究是与斯里兰卡卫生和减灾机构密切合作设计的，这些机构确定了需要探索的关键差距。该小组将制定和传播指导方针，以便更好地将流行病和其他生物危害纳入国家和地方减灾准备和应对工作

项目成果

Position paper on the integration of epidemic and pandemic preparedness in disaster risk reduction planning in Sri Lanka

关于将流行病和大流行病防备纳入斯里兰卡减灾规划的立场文件

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Amaratunga, D.

The COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka: A synoptic analysis focusing on trends, impacts, risks and science-policy interaction processes.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100133
• 发表时间: 2020-12
• 期刊: Progress in disaster science
• 影响因子: 6.3
• 作者: Amaratunga D;Fernando N;Haigh R;Jayasinghe N
• 通讯作者: Jayasinghe N

Policy Brief: Current status and recommendations on the integration of pandemics within national/local DRR strategies in Sri Lanka

政策简介：将流行病纳入斯里兰卡国家/地方减灾战略的现状和建议

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Amaratunga D.

Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Disaster Risks

多灾种预警和灾害风险

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Amaratunga D

International Research and Innovations Symposium conference proceedings on DENGUE AMIDST THE PANDEMIC Improving preparedness and response for multi-hazard scenarios - 2022. Book of abstracts

关于大流行期间登革热的国际研究与创新研讨会会议论文集《改善多种灾害情景的准备和响应 - 2022》。摘要集

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Amaratunga D