VUSSC/Samoa Boot Camp/Team leaders meeting/Curriculum Ideas

Introduction to Disaster Management
This course outline addresses disaster management in VUSSC countries.


 * 1) Overview of Disaster Management
 * 2) * Definition
 * 3) * Terminologies
 * 4) * Types of disasters
 * 5) ** Natural disasters
 * 6) ** Non-natural disasters
 * 7) Disaster management cycle Part I
 * 8) * Mitigation
 * 9) ** Infrastructure e.g. Buildings, Transport
 * 10) ** Disaster and Development/Policy
 * 11) Disaster management cycle Part II
 * 12) * Preparedness
 * 13) Disaster management cycle Part III
 * 14) * Response
 * 15) ** Modern vs Traditional Approaches
 * 16) ** Food, Water, Health, Sanitation, Shelter
 * 17) * Recovery
 * 18)  Education and Public Awareness I
 * 19) * Community-based approach
 * 20)  Education and Public Awareness II
 * 21) * Personnel Training and Volunteer Assistance
 * 22) * School-based programs
 * 23) * Dealing with hazardous materials
 * 24)  Education and Public Awareness III
 * 25) * Culture and Disaster
 * 26) The Role of Technology in Disaster Management I
 * 27) * Emergency Management Systems
 * 28) * GIS
 * 29) * GPS
 * 30) The Role of Technology in Disaster Management II
 * 31) * Remote Sensing
 * 32) * Emerging Technologies
 * 33) Media and Disaster Management
 * 34) * The role of the media in Disaster Management
 * 35) Disasters and Health Issues I
 * 36) * Emergency Medicine
 * 37) * Risk Factors for Communicable Diseases after a Natural Disaster
 * 38) Disasters and Health Issues II
 * 39) * Vector-related diseases
 * 40) * Rehabilitation Measures
 * 41) * Environmental Health
 * 42) Social Effects of Disasters I
 * 43) * Social impacts
 * 44) * Welfare
 * 45) * Security
 * 46) * Economic impacts
 * 47) * Effects on animals
 * 48) Social Effects of Disasters  II
 * 49) * Trauma
 * 50) * Counselling
 * 51) Vulnerable Groups in Disaster
 * 52) * Physically challenged
 * 53) * Elderly
 * 54) * Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
 * 55) * Vulnerability of women and children in disasters
 * 56) * Mainstreaming child protection and gender in emergency planning