Balochistan - NDMA

PROVINCIAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY - BALOCHISTAN
1. KEY HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES:
Disasters such as floods and earth quakes have mainly two dimensions i.e. physical and
social. Physical impact includes damage of property and casualties including loss of lives
and injuries. Physical impacts are noticeable and can be measured and reported in the
form damage need assessment done by government authorities or humanitarian
agencies. Social impact on other hand such as social, economic, demographic and
political impact can develop over a long period of time and can be difficult to measure.
Some of the impact in case of disaster can be,
Destruction of civic facilities such as health, schools, water system, roads, bridges
and communication infrastructure.
Displacement of population ;
Loss of lives, high number of injured and psychosocial impact on survivors;
Number of Vulnerable groups will be Increased (children, women, older people,
Guests who do not know local language/ knowledge, disabled and mentally ill)
Outbreak of communicable diseases;
Increased risk of epidemics, including diarrheal diseases, malaria, cholera and
measles;
Disruption of education services and reduced access to basic social services;
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