Promoting innovation and

evidenced-based approaches to policy makers

Teodoro Herbosa MD FPCS FPCEM Professor

University of the Philippines, ManilaUndersecretary of Health (2010-2015)

Disclosure

• Worked as a Health Policymaker

• Prior professional academic work in Disaster Risk Training, Education and Research 25 years

• I declare no financial/funding conflicts of interest

Typhoon Patsy 1970Typhoon Patsy, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yoling, twenty-seventh named storm, twelfth typhoon, and seventh super typhoon of the 1970 Pacific

typhoon season.Highest winds: 250 km/h

Lowest pressure: 918 mbDate: November 14, 1970 – November 22, 1970

Affected areas: Philippines, VietnamWikipedia

• 1. How research and innovation for health can transform the policy decisions of lawmakers about disaster risk reduction?

• 2. What are the research gaps in the policies and strategies for health in the existing governance framework?

• 3. What strategies can be used to enable policymakers to access and use existing results of research and innovation for improved disaster risk reduction programs?

• 4. How can policies transform the implementation of disaster programs?

• Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

• Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST)• NOAH’s mission is to undertake disaster science

research and development, advance the use of cutting edge technologies and recommend innovative information services in government’s disaster prevention and mitigation efforts.

• Through the use of science and technology and in partnership with the academe and other stakeholders, the DOST through Program NOAH is taking a multi-disciplinary approach in developing systems, tools, and other technologies that could be operationalized by government to help prevent and mitigate disasters.

• NOAH’s immediate task is to integrate current disaster science research and development projects and initiate new efforts within the DOST to achieve this objective. Presently there are nine(9) component projects under the NOAH program, namely:

• Hydromet Sensors Development

• DREAM-LIDAR 3D Mapping

• Flood NET – Flood Information Network

• Strategic Communication

• Disaster Management using WebGIS

• Enhancing Geohazard Mapping through LIDAR and High-resolution Imagery

• Doppler System Development

• Landslide Sensors Development

• Storm Surge Inundation Mapping

• Weather Information Integration for System Enhancement (WISE)

Surveillance Post Extreme Emergencies and Disasters

short messaging system or sms reporting of

symptoms seen in evacuation centers

• 1. How research and innovation for health can transform the policy decisions of lawmakers about disaster risk reduction?

• Decision making at policy level is based on cluster and Boolean Logic

• Innovations

• SPEED information on risks analyzed and interventions based on syndromic approach

• NOAH/GIS FMT's information made visual is equated to better clinical imaging of the situation as it evolves

• 2. What are the research gaps in the policies and strategies for health in the existing governance framework

• Framework approach in disaster health research vs case reporting

• Very strict ethical review boards which limit research in disaster situations

• Need to deliver services vs collecting data

• If there is data, is it organized to information? Is the information analyzed to create new knowledge? Is the new knowledge applied to promote wisdom?

• 3. What strategies can be used to enable policymakers to access and use existing results of research and innovation for improved disaster risk reduction programs?

• Fund research

• Standardize frameworks

• Not lessons learned but about lessons applied

• Writing and sharing culture

• 4. How can policies transform the implementation of disaster programs?

• Evidenced based policies

• Evaluate - ensure a governance framework

• Direct - ensure Benefits delivery; optimize risk, optimize resources

• Monitor - ensure stakeholder transparency

• COBIT 5

Priorities of Action Sendai Framework

• Priority 1: Understanding disaster risk.

• Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk.

• Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience.

• Priority 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

"The Information Age:It's about oceans of data

flowing into rivers of information collected into lakes of knowledge that

provides us the droplets of wisdom." Anonymous

"Data is not information, information is not knowledge,

knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom." - Clifford Stoll

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