Parts of Asia on Verge of Dire Post floods Consequences Hard hit Areas to Face Mounting Pandemic
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Torrential flood-tides leave over 12,85000 Asian children prone to life-long disabilitiesAlready at high vulnerability, over 250,000 Rohingya children most endangeredScarce upsurge of deadly Leptospirosis at post-disastrous situations scenesSpecter zones crossing normal parameters of vector-borne diseasesHigh-risk alarm for Myanmar's 'dying-alive' Rohingya children's increased mortality & enslavementUN agencies warned for 'Heightened Aftermath Risks'1st Asian Post-DESPO DRR Appraisal 2015
SINGAPORE, September 28, 2015 /PressReleasePing/ - The 1st Asian 'Post-Disaster Epidemiological Susceptibilities and Pandemic Outbreak' assessment, (DESPO-Asia Appraisal 2015), austerely warns of the worsening situation in the conjoint 'two-fold' or 'bi-effect aftermath' of cyclone KOMEN and high tides from the heavy monsoon.
According to the Global Emergency Overview by ACAPS, the recent flooding has been reported as "the worst flooding in 200 years."
The torrential tides of cyclone Komen that have already swamped considerably abundant parts of Asia, carried high epidemics along with it; putting the children and disabled at risk. These risks may include life-long ailments; DESPO's P.I. and chief epidemiologist Prof Qadhi Aurangzeb Al Hafi has notified the UN agencies and the concerned authorities of the affected countries of the Asian floods of 2015. According to Post-DESPO appraisal, "A considerable number of cases suggest 'evident presence' of Leptospirosis, that is appearing for the 1st time at a substantial extent, on post-disastrous scenes in recent history of natural catastrophes."
Malnutrition rates in children, particularly those in Bangladesh's and Myanmar's refugees camps is becoming thrice the emergency threshold, measured as per the UN's WFP-WHO laid parameters, cautions DESPO-Asia 2015.
Situation Overview:
Despite the fact that every year, annual monsoons bring floods, however this year, the disastrous situation has converted exceptionally hazardous due to an accumulation of factors including the 'bi-fold twin-effect' of KOMEN's storm tides and the seasonal monsoons.
The flooding and landslides triggered by monsoons across Asia and the adjoining zones have, wreaked a havoc in several constituencies of Bangladesh, China, India, Korea, Myanmar and Pakistan at present, and may bring along many hazardous issues, warns DESPO-Asia 2015.
Parts of Asia, especially Bangladesh and Myanmar along with India and Pakistan, now stand on verge of bearing the consequential out-breaks of 2015's 'twin-effect' aftermath, in terms of severe health problems as well as psycho-social and economic issues.
The UN has already indicated "It could be days before the real extent of disaster emerges." In Myanmar, however admissibly, the disastrous state of affairs is more extensive and stringent than rest of Asia, on account of an intricate factors.
According to the parameters adopted in ACAPS Disaster Summary Sheet of Global Emergency, the 'DESPO Disaster Impact Measurement System' (DIMS) as well as in view of the updated data analysis from UN agencies and the most recent ACAP briefing note on Asian floods of 2015, all of the core-indicators suggest that Myanmar bears the 'Highest Emergency' zone's hallmarks.
Press Contact: Dr. M.S. Salawal Salah / Dr. Faiser N.M. / Dr. Fraz Mian UNESCO +64-221-260-299, / +94-775-993-698, / +92-306-663-0993 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp
Rate this! 1-5 starsAccording to the Global Emergency Overview by ACAPS, the recent flooding has been reported as "the worst flooding in 200 years."
The torrential tides of cyclone Komen that have already swamped considerably abundant parts of Asia, carried high epidemics along with it; putting the children and disabled at risk. These risks may include life-long ailments; DESPO's P.I. and chief epidemiologist Prof Qadhi Aurangzeb Al Hafi has notified the UN agencies and the concerned authorities of the affected countries of the Asian floods of 2015. According to Post-DESPO appraisal, "A considerable number of cases suggest 'evident presence' of Leptospirosis, that is appearing for the 1st time at a substantial extent, on post-disastrous scenes in recent history of natural catastrophes."
Malnutrition rates in children, particularly those in Bangladesh's and Myanmar's refugees camps is becoming thrice the emergency threshold, measured as per the UN's WFP-WHO laid parameters, cautions DESPO-Asia 2015.
Situation Overview:
Despite the fact that every year, annual monsoons bring floods, however this year, the disastrous situation has converted exceptionally hazardous due to an accumulation of factors including the 'bi-fold twin-effect' of KOMEN's storm tides and the seasonal monsoons.
The flooding and landslides triggered by monsoons across Asia and the adjoining zones have, wreaked a havoc in several constituencies of Bangladesh, China, India, Korea, Myanmar and Pakistan at present, and may bring along many hazardous issues, warns DESPO-Asia 2015.
Parts of Asia, especially Bangladesh and Myanmar along with India and Pakistan, now stand on verge of bearing the consequential out-breaks of 2015's 'twin-effect' aftermath, in terms of severe health problems as well as psycho-social and economic issues.
The UN has already indicated "It could be days before the real extent of disaster emerges." In Myanmar, however admissibly, the disastrous state of affairs is more extensive and stringent than rest of Asia, on account of an intricate factors.
According to the parameters adopted in ACAPS Disaster Summary Sheet of Global Emergency, the 'DESPO Disaster Impact Measurement System' (DIMS) as well as in view of the updated data analysis from UN agencies and the most recent ACAP briefing note on Asian floods of 2015, all of the core-indicators suggest that Myanmar bears the 'Highest Emergency' zone's hallmarks.
Press Contact: Dr. M.S. Salawal Salah / Dr. Faiser N.M. / Dr. Fraz Mian UNESCO +64-221-260-299, / +94-775-993-698, / +92-306-663-0993 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp
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