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Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning in Pakistan
Megan Gayford and Aien Khan AfridiNutrition Cluster Coordinators, Pakistan Global Nutrition Cluster Annual Meeting
Geneva, 10 July 2013
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Country Context: Pakistan
MNS 1977 NNS1985-7 NHS 1990-94 NNS 2001 NNS 2011 MDG target
911 12
14 15
5
4346
36
47
42
20
Wasting Stunting
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Operational Context
• Disaster preparedness and response is led by the National Disaster Management Authority and the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities
• Decentralized process
• Linkages between Government and the Humanitarian Country Team
• For the first time, nutrition is included in the Government preparedness plans
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Developing the Preparedness and Response Plan at the Sub-National Level
• Coordinated by OCHA in and in coordination with PDMA and FATA Disaster Management Authority
• Compilation and review of agency/organizational plans• Preparedness Planning Workshop for cluster partners• Based on specific scenarios and informed by experience • Risk analysis • Beneficiary caseloads agreed for various scenarios • Emergency human resource response rosters and focal points • Contingency/stand-by agreements agreed with potential
partners by UN Agencies • Review and consolidation with the National Nutrition Cluster
planning process
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Developing the Preparedness and Response Plan at the National Level
• Planning Scenario of the Pakistan Plan• All clusters develop plans – annexed to the National Plan• National Nutrition Cluster process• Human Resources and Contingency Stocks• Linkages to the Provincial Plans• Plan dissemination• Timeframe• Reviews and updates
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Enabling Factors
• Significant capacity of the Nutrition Cluster partners• Strong agency/organizational preparedness
planning parallel processes• Nutrition Cluster strategy• Capacity building • Participation • Deadlines • Strong linkages to the Government of Pakistan’s
Preparedness Planning process
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Challenges
• Change of Government • Low engagement of the NDMA and the Pakistan Red
Crescent Society• Establishing linkages with the Provincial PRPs • Different timeframes• The planning figures vary between National and Provincial
levels• Stretch of resources and shift of attention from response to
planning• Lack of understanding of malnutrition and its consequences
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Implications for the Cluster
• Government engagement• Lessons learned from previous emergency
responses • Inclusive process• Linkages • Supporting capacity of Nutrition Cluster
partners• Opportunities for advocacy
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