Papua New Guinea Brief Overview of Disasters World

Papua New Guinea Brief Overview of Disasters

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World Health Organization Western Pacific Region Member: 28 States and 9 areas Population: 1, 665. 6 million (199 Offices: WHO Regional Office (1 WR Offices (10) CLO Offices (5) PTT Office (1) The designations on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of the Regional Director concerning the legal status of any country or territory or the delimitation of its frontiers. NOTE: Shaded areas are outside the WHO Region for the Western Pacific

Papua New Guinea Population : 5. 3 million

Types of Hazards possible in PNG • Natural Tropical cyclones, epidemics, earthquakes, frost, floods, landslides, drought and other El Nino consequences, volcano eruptions, and tsunami. • Man made Fires, ethnic warfare, aviation accidents, chemical spills, industrial and mining accidents.

Recent Disasters in PNG

Rabaul Harbour

19 th September 1994

Differences in the 2 major Disasters Rabaul (Volcano) Aitape (Tsunami) - Predicted - Disaster plan(1983) - 2 deaths (day 1) deaths(day 1) - - 6 deaths (total) - 4 injured - 60, 000 homeless - Not Predicted - No Disaster plan - >1000 - >2000 deaths - 2000 injured - 6, 000 homeless

Disasters Last five Years 1997 -2002 • Calamities: Volcanic Activities (4) Floods (22) Landslides (22) Sea Rise (1) Famine (1) Earthquakes (4) Cyclone (1) Drought & Frost Disease Outbreak (2) Hailstorm (3) Tsunami (1) Chemical Spill (1) Kerosene Explosion (1) Total: (63) Pop Affected Cost(K) 46, 358 4, 058, 870 480, 517 13, 709, 423 19, 707(128 k) 1, 090, 000 3, 227 620, 000 200, 000 221, 285(2 k) 18, 674, 000 158, 780 4, 960, 760 2, 326, 830 29, 073, 496 196(11 k) 2, 259 250, 000 12, 427(2, 227 k) 6, 008, 100 750 46, 000 39(5 k) 35, 826 3, 274, 375 (2, 373 k) K 78, 728, 475

Disaster Response - National Structure Prime Minister for Inter-government Relations Director National Disaster Center Various Focal Points Technical Advisers Provincial Disaster Coordinators

Provincial Structure Governor Provincial Administrator Provincial Disaster Coordinators Various Focal Points Technical Advisers

Regional Issues on Emergency Management in the WPR Recurring and/or increasing hazards Need to strengthen institutional capacity for emergency management Communities with high vulnerability and insufficient readiness Insufficient public health information on emergency Lack of proactive collaboration among partner agencies

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