University of Sousse, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse.
Sahloul University Hospital; University of Sousse, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Sep;22(3):666-673. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i3.71.
Mid-way through the 'Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030', many nations are spending time, money and effort to enhance their level of preparedness facing disasters, on the other hand communities, countries and even continents are being left behind.
This study was conducted aiming at evaluating the level of disaster preparedness and response of Tunisian University Hospitals.
This is a cross-sectional nationwide study conducted in Tunisia, from November 2020 to April 2021. Including 9 Tunisian University Hospitals and using the Hospital Safety Index. The data were analysed using the 'Module and safety index calculator'.
This study showed that 7 out of the 9 University Hospitals were assigned the 'B' category of safety with overall safety indexes that ranges between 0.37 and 0.62. Also, 4 out of 9 University Hospitals had safety scores less than 0.20 regarding their emergency and disaster management.
This is the first study to evaluate disaster preparedness and response of university hospitals in Tunisia and in north Africa. It showed that the lack of knowledge, resources and willingness, are the most important issues that needs to be addressed in order to enhance the preparedness of Tunisian hospitals.
在《2015-2030 年仙台减少灾害风险框架》进行到一半的时候，许多国家正在花费时间、金钱和精力来提高其面对灾害的准备水平，另一方面，一些社区、国家甚至大洲却被甩在后面。
本研究旨在评估突尼斯大学医院的灾害准备和应对水平。
这是一项在突尼斯进行的横断面全国性研究，于 2020 年 11 月至 2021 年 4 月进行。包括 9 家突尼斯大学医院，并使用医院安全指数。使用“模块和安全指数计算器”对数据进行分析。
这项研究表明，9 家大学医院中有 7 家被分配了安全等级“B”，整体安全指数在 0.37 到 0.62 之间。此外，9 家大学医院中有 4 家在紧急和灾害管理方面的安全得分低于 0.20。
这是首次评估突尼斯和北非大学医院灾害准备和应对情况的研究。研究表明，缺乏知识、资源和意愿是需要解决的最重要问题，以便提高突尼斯医院的准备水平。
