Papua New Guinea

Brief Overview of Disasters

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NOTE: Shaded areas are outside the WHO Regionfor the Western Pacific

World Health OrganizationWestern Pacific Region

Member: 28 States and 9 areasPopulation: 1,665.6 million (1999)Offices:

WHO Regional Office (1)WR Offices (10)CLO Offices (5)PTT Office (1)

Papua New Guinea

David Watters 1998David Watters 1998

PAPUA NEW GUINEAMANUSMANUS

KAVIENGKAVIENG

BOUGAINVILLEBOUGAINVILLE

ALOTAUALOTAU

LAELAE

PORTPORTMORESBYMORESBY

MADANGMADANGKIMBEKIMBE

WEWAKWEWAK

RABAUL

GOROKAKIUNGA

KUNDIAWA

VANIMOVANIMO

HAGEN

POPONDETTAPOPONDETTADARUDARU

Population : 5.3 million

Types of Hazards possible in PNG

• NaturalTropical cyclones, epidemics, earthquakes, frost,

floods, landslides, drought and other El Nino consequences, volcano eruptions, and tsunami.

• Man madeFires, ethnic warfare, aviation accidents, chemical

spills, industrial and mining accidents.

Recent Disasters in PNG

Rabaul Harbour

19th September 1994

Differences in the 2 major DisastersRabaul (Volcano) Aitape (Tsunami)- Predicted - Not Predicted- Disaster plan(1983) - No Disaster plan- 2 deaths (day1) - >1000 deaths(day1)- - 6 deaths (total) - >2000 deaths - 4 injured - 2000 injured- 60,000 homeless - 6,000 homeless

Disasters Last five Years1997-2002

• Calamities: Pop Affected Cost(K)

Volcanic Activities (4) 46,358 4,058,870

Floods (22) 480,517 13,709,423Landslides (22) 19,707(128k) 1,090,000Sea Rise (1) 3,227 620,000Famine (1) 2,000 200,000Earthquakes (4) 221,285(2k) 18,674,000 Cyclone (1) 158,780 4,960,760Drought & Frost 2,326,830 29,073,496Disease Outbreak (2) 196(11k)Hailstorm (3) 2,259 250,000Tsunami (1) 12,427(2,227k) 6,008,100Chemical Spill (1) 750 46,000Kerosene Explosion (1) 39(5k) 35,826Total: (63) 3,274,375 (2,373k) K78,728,475

Prime Minister

Minister for Inter-government Relations

DirectorNational Disaster Center

Technical Advisers

Provincial Disaster Coordinators

Various Focal Points

Disaster Response - National Structure

Governor

Provincial Administrator

Technical AdvisersProvincial Disaster Coordinators

Various Focal Points

Provincial Structure

Recurring and/or increasing hazards

Communities with high vulnerability and insufficient readiness

Insufficient public health information on emergency

Need to strengthen institutional capacity for emergency management

Lack of proactive collaboration among partner agencies

Regional Issues on Emergency Regional Issues on Emergency Management in the WPRManagement in the WPR

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