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DREF Operation Update Honduras: Dengue DREF operation update Honduras: Dengue DREF operation n° MDRHN007 GLIDE n° EP-2013-000075-HND 07 October 2013 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters. Period covered by this update: 9 July to 9 September 2013. Summary: CHF 162,996 has been allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Honduran Red Cross (HRC) in delivering immediate assistance for up to 30,000 people. Un-earmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. The state of alert due to dengue fever declared by the National Risk Management System on 21 June became a declaration of national emergency by the Government of Honduras on 30 July, as the number of cases nationwide exceeded figures for previous years. To date, 16 people have died from the disease, while 23,941 cases of classic dengue and 3,146 cases of with hemorrhagic dengue fever have been Home awareness-raising visits on dengue prevention confirmed. The departments that present the most in San Pedro Sula. Source: Honduran Red Cross cases are Cortes and Francisco Morazán. During the first two months of the DREF operation the Honduran Red Cross has completed prevention awareness campaigns with 13,054 families; 14 prevention workshops were held for 436 facilitators; and 1,087 teachers, students and parents were sensitized in 12 schools and institutes. According to national ambulance service reports, 135 patients who presented dengue symptoms were referred to health centres. Through articulated efforts with the Ministry of Health, biological larvicides for water reservoirs were distributed to 7,017 families and 7,927 dwellings were fumigated. In addition, the Honduran Red Cross donated 600 mosquito nets to three hospitals housing caring for dengue patients. However, the National Society faced difficulties in the procurement of fumigation equipment at local level and the spraying campaign started after the planned date. In order to complete the required fumigation cycle without interruptions, the HRC is requesting an extension of 15 days in the implementation timeframe. This extension will not only permit the conclusion of the fumigation cycle of the families already reached, but it will also permit to reach more families, in line with the increase number of families reached with the education campaigns, therefore providing a more integrated response. This operation is now expected to be implemented in three and a half months, and completed by 25 October 2013. In line with IFRC reporting standards, the final report is due 90 days after the end of the operation (by 25 January, 2014). The IFRC, on behalf of the National Society, would like to extend thanks to the Canadian Red Cross and government, Spanish Red Cross and Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) for their generous contributions to replenish the allocation made to this operation. The major donors and partners of DREF include the Australian, American and Belgian governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and government, Danish Red Cross and government, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Irish and the Italian governments, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg government, the Monaco Red Cross and government, the Netherlands Red Cross and government, the Norwegian Red Cross and government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the National Society, would like to extend thanks to all for their generous contributions. The Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (DG ECHO) has replenished the DREF up to 50 per cent for the allocation made to this operation. http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/responding/disaster-response-system/financial- instruments/disaster-relief-emergency-fund-dref/ <click here for contact details; here to view the map of the affected area> The situation On 30 July 2013, the President of the Republic of Honduras decreed a state of national emergency due to the dengue epidemic affecting the country. During this period, 161 of 298 municipalities reported the presence of this disease. Excluding 2010, the cases reported exceeded historic ranges of the last five years. In accordance with this decision, the Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) continues to support the Ministry of Public Health in prevention efforts, focusing on destroying the breeding grounds of mosquitoes that transmit the disease and fumigating areas with the highest incidence of the disease. The Honduran Ministry of Health reported on 6 September a total of 23,941 cases by epidemiological week 35 (please refer to the attached epidemiological calendar in Annex 1). This is three times the number registered during the same period in 2012 (7,001 cases). Likewise, cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever similarly increased based on 3,146 reported cases in 2013 versus 1,295 in 2012. This year, 16 people have died due to the outbreak. TABLE OF WEEKLY AND CUMULATIVE DENGUE CASES Epidemiological Week 35 Department 2012 2013 Cases Cumulative Cases Cumulative Atlántida 19 2496 89 1,537 Colon 28 214 31 576 Comayagua 21 224 136 1,325 Copan 12 79 36 881 Cortes 75 512 89 1,082 Municipality of San 318 2859 162 4,203 Pedro de Sula* Choluteca 23 243 90 1,754 El Paraiso 48 31 352 Francisco Morazán 39 24 163 Metropolitan 66 1,077 401 5,879 Municipality of the Central District** Gracias a Dios Intibucá 9 7 209 Islas de la Bahia 5 46 184 La Paz 9 60 20 649 Lempira 12 7 63 Ocotepeque 55 379 32 435 Olancho 12 501 139 2,754 Santa Barbara 15 125 47 528 Valle 18 10 223 Yoro 37 348 102 1,144 TOTAL 690 7,001 1,499 23,941 Source: Ministry of Health Honduras, 6 September 2013 *Municipality of the Department of Cortes ** Municipality of the Department of Francisco Morazán The report also stressed that the cities with the highest number of dengue cases were Comayagua, Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Olancho, Choluteca and Atlantida. The National Dengue Program is focusing its efforts in neighborhoods to control the dengue-transmitting mosquito and using an odorless insecticide containing the BTI biological larvicide (Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis), which can be used in water storage tanks. Confirmed dengue cases are being treated by hospitals in the region, and detection is being done from health centers all the way up to the hospital level. To deal with this increase in dengue cases, health services have adapted spaces and rooms to stabilize and provide treatment to patients. Between July and September of this year COPECO deployed fumigation operations against the dengue- transmitting vector in 98,462 dwellings, inhabited by an estimated 465,444 people in 315 of the hardest hit neighborhoods and communities. The Honduran Red Cross has been assisting this efforts to reduce the impact of dengue since July - before the declaration of national emergency - by implementing community education on vector control, epidemiological surveillance, home visits, and support for cleaning water reservoirs and trash disposal sites as possible places for vector breeding grounds. This intervention includes broadcasting radio and television messages at the local and national level. Coordination and partnerships The Government, through its Ministry of Health, is leading the attention for and early detection of dengue cases, as well as larviciding to control the dengue vector. COPECO) is responsible for fumigation. The HRC is part of the National Risk Management System in Honduras. At the national level, it works in coordination with COPECO and Ministry of Health authorities regarding the status of dengue incidence. At the local level, it works in coordination with Municipal Health Centers and Municipal Emergency Committees. The Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU) and the Country Coordinator from the International Federation of the Red Cross Americas Zone Office is in permanent communication and provides support for the implementation of the Honduran Red Cross' Dengue Plan of Action. A disaster management delegate was deployed to provide support to evaluation and field coordination actions and design of the plan of action. Subsequently, a member of the Regional Intervention Team (RIT) specialized in health from the Peruvian Red Cross was initially deployed for one month to help the National Society with implementation and coordination. However, the Honduran Red Cross requested that his mission be extended for one additional month. To support the operation, in August the IFRC Zone Finance Unit conducted a videoconference workshop on finance for all the focal points dedicated to DREF operations in Central America. The Swiss Red Cross, through funds of an ongoing project, is also supporting the National Society efforts to eradicate the vector in southern Honduras, in the departments of Olancho, Valle and Choluteca. In addition, the German Red Cross is carrying out activities in the municipality of Puerto Cortes in the department of Cortés, the municipalities of La Ceiba and Tela in the Department of Atlántida, and in the municipality of El Progreso in the Department of Yoro. The Government of Germany, through its embassy in Honduras, allocated 50,000 Euros to the Honduran Red Cross to continue with the dengue prevention campaign being conducted in several areas in the country. In August, the Honduras Humanitarian Network met with the members of the Ministry of Health's technical panel to hear about progress regarding dengue.
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