Abstract
In recent years, Indonesia has experienced rapid increases in severe climate-related disasters have dramatically impacted populations unevenly; the poor and the vulnerable populations are most affected, and adaptive measures are urgently needed to protect and mitigate the impact on their health. However, very little is known about the existing measures addressing climate-related disasters and health impacts among vulnerable groups. WHO established a Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management framework to urge governments and relevant actors to systematically collect evidence to develop science-based feasible adaptive strategies for priority groups. This study used scoping review methods to identify the action areas of Health-EDRM in policy documents in Indonesia, its content, and any potential gaps that require further study. The results from the documents’ review were then reported and discussed at a national stakeholder consultation meeting. This study has identified several achievements, lessons learned, and challenges from strategies and policies for health adaptation in facing climate-related disasters in Indonesia. This study also proposed strategies and recommendations to support mobilizing and accelerating health adaptation actions towards climate-related disasters in Indonesia.
Highlights
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR)2015–2030 aims to prevent new, and reduce existing, disaster risks, outlining targets and priority action plans for all member states
This paper considers the evidence of practice and what is at stake in the quest for effective implementation and support of Health-EDRM activities
After screening for relevance and significance, there were 38 regulations and 16 reports, guidelines, planning policies, and documents included in the analysis
Summary
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR)2015–2030 aims to prevent new, and reduce existing, disaster risks, outlining targets and priority action plans for all member states. The framework drives significant progress in developing institutions and policies for mitigating disaster risks, it highlights “health” as both means and a goal. To promote effective implementation of the SFDRR, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) framework to set core principles and approaches that guide policy and practice of responses from international to local level [2]. It recognizes that health should be centrally embedded in the current risk management institutions. The approaches are needed to align policies and actions to manage the steep rise in climate-related disaster events [3,4].
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