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CARE TOOL

Caretool CARE is a comprehensive capacity and patient management tool, built specifically for disaster management purposes. It has dedicated features for COVID testing, inventory management, teleconsultation, etc. It keeps the digital record of a patient's health and enables treatment across different healthcare facilities.It also allows the state/ district administrators to have a birds-eye view of the health infrastructure at their disposal through smart dashboards and reports. Health being one of the key elements of disaster management, this tool does a good job at delivering healthcare with decentralised control. The asset management modules also helps in keeping track of the requirement from the field and ensuring effective supply of essentials.Care is open-source software with an MIT license  Capacity Management: The Corona Pandemic has brought to limelight the shortfalls and limitations within our healthcare systems. One of the major shortfalls in our healthcare systems is t...
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

September 11, 2022 Disaster management: Disaster Management can be defined as the preparedness, response and recovery methods in order to lessen the impact of disasters. A disaster disrupts the normal function of the society to the extent that it cannot function without outside help. Disasters can be classified as natural, technological or complex emergencies. Let's take a look at the natural disasters in Kerala. Prevention Of Natural disasters Prevention Of Natural disasters Floods and Landslides being the most common natural disaster in the state, prevention methods of floods and landslides can be categorised into three. . Vegetative measures : Preserving vegetation, grasses and trees can minimize the amount of water infiltrating into the soil, slow the erosion caused by surface-water flow, and remove water from the soil. Structural Measures: Retaining and Diverting water using dams,floodplains,levees etc Constructing piles & retention walls Improving surface & subsurfa...
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COMMUNITY RESPONSE

Disaster management September 11, 2022 Rural Area The smallest unit within a Panchayat System is a ward. From each ward, an individual is elected by the people in the Panchayat through the Panchayat elections and is known as “Ward Member”. The ward members from various Wards report to a Panchayat Committee. The Panchayat committee also has appointed members along with the elected members. The Panchayat Committee has a President (Elected Member) and Secretary(government appointed member) and various standing committees (eg: Standing Committee on health, welfare, finance).It is the Local Self Governing body within a community. 33% of all government funds are spent through the Panchayat Committees. An average Panchayat gets around 2 Crores of funding per annun. Urban Areas The Municipalities (Municipals Councils/Nagar Palika/Nagar Palika Parishad ) and Corporations (Municipal Corporations) are the local government in India that administer urban areas with a population of more than 25 thou...
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