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Disaster Epidemiology Lessons From Bam Earthquake

Disaster Epidemiology Lessons From Bam Earthquake Dec 26, 2003 Iran Part 3 : The nature and main impacts of Bam earthquake. A. Ardalan MD, MPH, PhD student in Epidemiology. 1. Learning objectives :

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Disaster Epidemiology Lessons From Bam Earthquake

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  1. Disaster Epidemiology Lessons From Bam Earthquake Dec 26, 2003 Iran Part 3: The nature and main impacts of Bam earthquake A. Ardalan MD, MPH, PhD student in Epidemiology 1

  2. Learning objectives: • To understand the nature of Bam earthquake • To understand the main impacts of Bam earthquake 2

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  4. The main impacts of • Bam earthquake • Although the impact of the earthquake seems to be limited to a relatively small area of about 16 km in radius, the 2,500 years old historic city of Bam was almost completely destroyed. 4

  5. The Citadel of Bam which was once built up to save the lives of people, could not even save itself. 5

  6. The main impacts • of Bam earthquake • Number of killed: 40,000 • Number of injured: 30,000 • Number of hospitalized: 12,000 6

  7. The main impacts of Bam earthquake • Human resource tragedy: • Death or miss of substantial number of local civil servants from professional and managerial cadres • Nearly 50 % of the local health staff dead or missed. 7

  8. The main • impacts • of Bam • earthquake • Number of houses destroyed beyond repair: 25,000 (85 %) • Number of homeless people: 75,000 8

  9. The main impacts of Bam earthquake Number of health facilities destroyed (nearly 100%): District Hospitals: 3 Health Houses: 95 Urban Health Centers: 10 Rural Health Centers: 14 9

  10. Imam Hospital of Bam, After the Earthquake 10

  11. The main impacts of Bam earthquake All-major public buildings, including the district governor’s office have been partially or completely damaged. 11

  12. The main impacts of Bam earthquake Electricity and water supply in the city were also severely affected. 12

  13. The main impacts of Bam earthquake • Number of schools destroyed or unusable: 131 (100%) 13

  14. You might have asked yourself, how come, that such moderate earthquake, can cause such vast devastation. Please follow the lecture.We will find out together! 14

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