Humanitarian emergency

definition of humanitarian emergency

• crude mortality?
• doubling of mortality?
• covered by international media?
• spectacular?

change depending on what and where

ten priorities in emergency

1. initial health assessment

• must be done in a few days
• not necessarily in the true beginning of the affair

2. measles and other vaccines

• priority regardless of vaccination coverage

3. water and sanitation

• improvement of water supply and sanitation reduce mortality by diarrheal diseases
• quantity comes first
  • 20L/person/day

4. food and nutrition

• quantity deprivation
  • protein and energy malnutrition
• quality deprivation
  • vitamin deprivation