Health Emergency Management and Disaster Risk Reduction

Most public health emergencies are caused or exacerbated by an environmental factor, and the majority of environmental emergencies are likely to affect human health and well-being. The prevention, preparedness, and response to public health and environmental emergencies often require a level of technical expertise and resources that are beyond the capacity of individual states or institutions.

Health & Environment Consulting offers technical and coordination support to prevent, prepare for and respond to environmental and public health emergencies, and in particular to chemical incidents. Services include:

• Rapid health needs assessment.
• Rapid environmental assessment.
• Field epidemiology.
• Coordination and communication.
• Negotiation.
• Disaster risk reduction.
• Capacity building and training.

Examples of completed missions and disaster management projects can be found in the project examples page and in Dr Haefliger's CV.