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Typical Responses
5. Emergency Shelters. Support MOH or local health authority in terms
Existing public buildings/schools dont have windows of human resource and medical supply with
or doors and the roof is damaged and leaking, so offers logistics to reach affected community. MOH
little protection from the rain or cold. People could be health staff may available from outside of flood
sleeping on cold, wet floors so increased possibility
affected area.
acute respiratory infections such as coughs and colds,
this may be particularly pronounced among children. Setting up mobile satellite clinics in remote
Alternatively, people may be asked to vacant buildings affected area.
such as schools without alternative options being made Trained volunteers to disseminate and
available. demonstrates how prepare ORS (sachet and
In rural settings, people may be displaced and living home made), how to treat and handle water at
under an open sky. Men, women and children could be household levels with priority health messages.
vulnerable to sickness from weather and insects bites, Provision of ORS
such as mosquitoes.
Useful equipment and materials
Typical Responses
Stationary for trainings and workshop.
Support local authority or school to repair and
Teaching aids (projectors, whiteboards, etc.)
fix worn doors, windows, walls and roofs.
ICD Materials (posters, leaflets, etc.).
Distribute plastic sheets, shelter materials and Manuals and books (PHAST, etc.)
if necessary poles and ropes so people can Hygiene kits and NFIs
build their own temporary hut. Soap
Provide damp-proof flooring materials Buckets, mops and cleaning materials
(plastic sheet) and if necessary blankets to ORS sachets
vulnerable families those who needed. Puppets and other interactive techniques
Provide bed-nets to affected families if
malaria is a problem. Human resources
Health volunteers to conduct quick survey.
Useful equipment and materials Partnership with MoH or environmental health
departments, Oxfams local partner organisations or
Local materials, door and window panels, roofing Oxfam expatriates & local staff.
materials (plastic sheet, CGI or asbestos sheet,
tiles, etc.).
Shelter materials-local or imported plastic sheet Further information
for cover and floor.
Blankets and mosquito nets as appropriate. Davies, D, and Lambert, R (2002) Engineering in
Emergencies, A practical guide for relief workers, 2nd
Human resources Edition
Need trained volunteers or paid worker to conduct Reed, R, and Harvey, P (2007) Excreta Disposal in
quick survey. Emergencies Manual
Drainage
32. Is there a drainage problem? Especially when flood water receding?