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This Basic Guide enables professionals and experts working in different
health areas to address, in a timely manner, the needs inherent to caring
for a displaced or refugee population during a crisis.
As you can see, the Basic Guide is designed as a set of questions to
give you an idea of the appropriate actions or response principles required
for these situations.
This Basic Guide is not a substitute for disaster preparedness or planning
to comprehensively address emergencies involving persons displaced by
natural or manmade disasters.
Information on the Basic Guide
Officials in charge:
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
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No. of persons
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Source
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Men
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Urban areas
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Women
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Rural areas
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Children ages 0-4
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Climate
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Children ages 5-15
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Sick persons
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Pregnant women
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Injured persons
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Persons over 60
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Professions and trades
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FOOD
| Who will supply the food? What will it cost? |
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| How will the food be transported? What will it cost? |
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| Based on the demographic data, how much food will I
need per week? |
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| How many calories will I provide per person per day
and what percentage of the daily requirement? |
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| How will I investigate nutritional status? |
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| How will I investigate existing nutritional deficiencies?
Specifically, which ones? |
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| Do I have someone to run the nutrition program? |
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| Do I have someone to control costs and make the purchases? |
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| What fuel will be used for cooking? What will it cost?
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| How will that fuel arrive? What will it cost? |
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| Based on the demographic data, how much fuel will be
needed per week? |
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| How am I going to organize food preparation? By family?
By group? Through a community kitchen? |
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| How many meals will I provide a day? What is the schedule? |
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| How will food be supplied? Individually or in community
kitchens? |
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| How will I supply additional food to vulnerable groups? |
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| How will I keep records on the additional food distributed? |
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WATER
| How will water be supplied? |
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| Will it be sufficient? |
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| What will the water use per person be? |
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| How will the water be treated and how often? |
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| How will the water be stored in the dwelling? |
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| How often will the tanks and containers be washed? |
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| What educational programs will I have on storing, handling, and
conserving drinking water? |
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| Where will the water come from? Is this a permanent source? |
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| How far away is it? |
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| How will I implement water quality control? |
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| If it is pumped in, what system will be used? Will I have logistical
support? |
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| How will the water supply chain be controlled from start to finish,
i.e. from the source to the home? |
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| How will I maintain the tanks? Who will be in charge of this? |
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SANITATION
| How will I dispose of excreta and liquid waste? |
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| What plumbing will be available for managing this waste? |
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| Will there be enough room to dig latrines? What is the level of
the water table and the make-up of the soil? |
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| Will the latrines be far enough away from the water sources? |
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| What were the defection and disposal habits of the persons in the
shelter? |
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| What rodent control program will I have? |
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| How am I going to dispose of garbage? Using what method? |
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| What internal trash collection system will I have in the lodging? |
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| Will I have special collection sites? Will garbage be collected
in plastic bags? |
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| Who will be responsible for overseeing garbage and excreta disposal
and for cleanup? |
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| What educational programs in environmental sanitation will I implement? |
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| How will I control bugs? |
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HOUSING
| How will I house the population? What system will I use? What will
it cost? |
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| What type of dwellings do I have available? How much do they cost
and how are they funded? |
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| What type of design will I use? How far away will the lodging be? |
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| What type of materials will I use? Are they available on-site? |
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| How will I manage storm drainage? |
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| Is there a risk of fire in the design? |
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| How will I maintain them and keep them clean while they are in
use? |
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| How many people will I have in each? Will this prevent overcrowding? |
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MEDICAL CARE
| What type of medical services will I have in the camp? |
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| How will I keep medical records and what oversight system will I
implement? |
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| How will I provide medical care to the people, in particular maternal
and childcare services? |
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| How will medical materials, supplies, and drugs be managed and where? |
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| Who will be responsible for managing medical and nursing care in
the shelter? |
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| What vaccination system will I use in the lodging? |
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| What disease prevention and health promotion programs will I implement?
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| What logistical issues will I have for the delivery of medical services? |
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| What preventive steps will I have to take in the temporary housing? |
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| What vaccines will I administer after the health census? |
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| What health education programs, specifically in health promotion
and disease prevention, will I implement? |
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| What medical bodies will support me in providing care for the ill
and in disease prevention? |
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| Who will manage the oral rehydration programs? |
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| What will the community’s level of involvement be? |
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LOGISTICS
| How certain am I that the food and other materials needed to operate
the temporary housing will arrive? |
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| Where will I store the food and other materials needed to run the
temporary shelter? |
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| How many days will I have to store it for and how will
it be controlled? |
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| What mode of transportation will I use? Who will cover that cost? |
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| What records will I keep and who will manage the inventory and warehouse?
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| What type of communications equipment will be installed? |
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| How will I provide schooling and recreation? |
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| Who will I work with from the community and how? |
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| How will I monitor the progress made? |
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| What short-, medium-, and long-term plans will I formulate? |
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