Business Continuity Planning: Are We Prepared for Future Disasters

Are we prepared to meet the growing challenges of disasters?

South Asian countries are the lands of great topographic and climatic contrasts. Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts and heavy rainfalls are some major natural threats that this region faces. The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that stuck the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean killed more than 225,000 and many more became homeless in eleven countries of Asia. This was followe...

disaster: are we prepared?

A project planning process for business continuity

Discusses the formulation of a business recovery plan. As a starting point, presents the business recovery timeline model. Gives a framework of components to be considered in a business continuity project planning process, i.e. a risk reduction programme. In the last few years, disaster recovery (DR) practitioners (for IT systems) and business recovery (BR) practitioners (for core business acti...

Pandemic influenza planning in nursing homes: are we prepared?

Avian influenza or Influenza A (H5N1) is caused by a viral strain that occurs naturally in wild birds, but to which humans are immunologically naïve. If an influenza pandemic occurs, it is expected to have dire consequences, including millions of deaths, social disruption, and enormous economic consequences. The Department of Health and Human Resources plan, released in November 2005, clearly a...

The epidemiology workforce: are we planning for the future?

Epidemiology has a central role in public health practice, education and research, and is arguably the only discipline unique to public health. A strong perception exists among epidemiologists in Australia that there is a substantial shortage in epidemiological capacity within the health workforce and health research, and that there are few graduates with sufficient high-level epidemiological t...