Creating tools for disaster management

Abstract

The Japanese government and medical societies have provided information, manuals, and applications for use in disaster preparation, and a great deal of allergy-related disaster prevention information is available on websites. However, our surveys have shown that the self-help, mutual help, and public help sectors are unable to utilize this information fully or respond adequately to potential disasters. Furthermore, the disaster-management related materials prepared by allergology societies are not widely used by disaster medical assistance personnel, and the information we have provided is apparently "unavailable" or "inaccessible" to the people we wish to target.

We are therefore currently working to improve the materials by conducting an inventory of the existing materials, supplying missing information, and providing updates. Our aim is to create a site that can be used by as many people as possible by clearly indicating when (during the preparation period or at the time of a disaster) and by whom (the general public, government officials or medical professionals, etc. ) new tools are to be used.