Macfarlane Campbell, Joffe Anthony Lyle, Naidoo Shan
The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Emerg Med Australas. 2006 Oct-Dec;18(5-6):451-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00898.x.
The world has faced huge disasters over the last few decades and concerns have been expressed by nearly all international agencies involved that there is a scarcity of managerial skills to deal with the mitigation and management of disasters. Disaster risks are also on the increase throughout Africa and Southern Africa because of changes in the development process, settlement patterns and conflicts in the region. Emergency physicians are but one important resource in dealing with disasters. The need for a comprehensive multisectoral approach to disasters and more importantly to deal with its mitigation is becoming increasingly evident, especially in developing countries. Hence, the need for specially trained professionals in disaster management. In an effort to improve national, regional and continental capacity, and in support of the South African Disaster Management Act, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has developed a Master of Public Health degree in Disaster Management. The MPH is aimed at preparing professionals from health and allied fields to play leadership roles in the management, improvement and evaluation of health and the health-care system. Emergency physicians have an important role to play in the development of disaster medicine and disaster management programmes and it is important that they engage in this activity, collaborating with colleagues of various other disciplines as appropriate. The following paper outlines the background to the programme and the current programme.
在过去几十年里，世界面临了巨大的灾难，几乎所有相关国际机构都表示担心，应对灾害缓解和管理的管理技能匮乏。由于该地区发展进程、定居模式和冲突的变化，非洲和南部非洲的灾害风险也在增加。急诊医生只是应对灾害的一项重要资源。采取全面的多部门方法来应对灾害，更重要的是应对其缓解措施，这一点变得越来越明显，尤其是在发展中国家。因此，需要经过专门培训的灾害管理专业人员。为了提高国家、区域和大陆的能力，并支持南非《灾害管理法》，南非约翰内斯堡的威特沃特斯兰德大学开设了灾害管理公共卫生硕士学位课程。该公共卫生硕士学位旨在培养来自卫生及相关领域的专业人员，使其在卫生及医疗保健系统的管理、改进和评估中发挥领导作用。急诊医生在灾害医学和灾害管理项目的发展中可发挥重要作用，他们参与这项活动并与其他各学科的同事进行适当合作非常重要。以下论文概述了该项目的背景和当前项目情况。
