Emergency Public Health Preparedness and Response: Case Study Analysis

This report delves into the critical roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in emergency public health preparedness and response. It highlights the collaborative efforts between governmental bodies, private sectors, and NGOs in mitigating disasters, providing medical aid, and restoring affected areas. The report emphasizes the importance of pre-disaster planning, including awareness programs, training, and the development of disaster management plans. It also examines the role of NGOs in providing material and technical support during the recovery phase. A case study on Hurricane Katrina illustrates the practical application of these partnerships, with a focus on the assistance provided by Oxfam America, detailing the types of aid provided such as medical assistance, relief camps, transportation, and essential services. The report emphasizes the importance of these collaborations in ensuring public safety and effective disaster management.

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Role of Private-Public Partnerships (PPP) and non-governmental organisations
The collaboration of the governmental body and the private body that work towards
the same goal to overcome a challenge. The private sector keeps the potential to deliver good
service to the public with greater efficiency, challenge-based strategy, good management
skills and a strong monetary base in terms of money or workforce. The first characteristics of
PPP are recognised as mutual coordination. A level of shared profit and risk is the second
characteristics. The third characteristics are defined as an arrangement to intensify the
cooperation between the partners (Hodge & Greve, 2017). NGO’s or the Non-Profit
organisation play a pivotal role in mitigation, disaster response, disaster reduction. The
NGO’s work profoundly in response to any emergency call like flood relief, providing
medical aids, habitat restoration, providing temporary shelter, removal of debris and can also
be involved in raising families. The pre-disaster phase in designed in such a way that includes
awareness programme, training, education, development of disaster management plans,
coordination with government and non-government body. Following these help them to take
immediate action just after the disaster. NGO’s play a significant role by providing material
and technical support for restoration and reviving things that have been damaged in the
disaster. NGO’s work jointly with entities in PPP and their action points are:
 A geographical rollout of NGO’s
 Establishing Institutional mechanism
 Establishing networks
 Ensuring Community participation
 Accessibility to good logistic base
Role of agency in disaster management in the United States
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the major part of the United States. Many
NGO’s came forward to assist the inhabitants of the affected area. An NGO named Oxam

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America which was founded in the year 1970 with headquarters at Boston, Massachusetts,
assisted with a wide range of area (Oxfam International, 2020) . This NGO focused on the
rights of poor people, security, peace, minority rights, rights for women, natural resources,
healthcare centre and trauma counselling.
Type of assistance that they provided are:
 Medical aid
 Establishment of a relief camp
 Transport facility for relief
 Providing essential services
 Proper communication
 Repairing of roads
 Evacuation
References
Oxfam International. (2020). Oxfam International. Retrieved 20 February 2020, from
https://www.oxfam.org/en
Hodge, G. A., & Greve, C. (2017). On public–private partnership performance: A
contemporary review. Public Works Management & Policy, 22(1), 55-78.