Kathmandu, Nepal
Hospital Projects
Kathmandu Hospital Pre and Post Earthquake Assessments Compared
2017
Kathmandu, Nepal
Two Kathmandu hospitals had been assessed for disaster preparedness just before the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha earthquake. Pre- and post-earthquake findings are compared.
Disaster Scenarios for Risk-Informed Planning
2016 - 2019
West Nepal
Scenarios of a plausible earthquake quantify impacts, including more than 50% of schools damaged, and guide communities to reduce extreme risk before a disaster.
Review and Field Test of the Global Hospital Safety Index
2014
Solomon Islands, Nepal
Technical review and field testing of a World Health Organization (WHO) tool to screen hospitals’ vulnerabilities to multiple hazards as well as their level of emergency and disaster preparedness.
Hospital Disaster Planning, Preparedness and Training
2013, 2016-2019
Bhutan
Emergency planning and realistic disaster simulations for staff at hospitals in Bhutan, plus mitigations to keep the facilities functioning post disaster.
Seismic Resilience Evaluations
2013, 2016 - 2018
Bhutan
Engineers gained skills to assess structural vulnerability of Bhutan’s schools and health facilities, so that the government could evaluate post-earthquake safety of buildings.
Kathmandu Priority Hospitals Seismic Assessment
2013 - 2014
Kathmandu, Nepal
Prioritized short and long-term changes to improve post-disaster function of hospitals that provide critical medical services for a large number of people.
National Action Plans for School and Hospital Earthquake Safety
2010 - 2014
India, Bhutan
These consensus-based action plans, which include ways to prepare for and reduce risk in schools and health facilities, were adopted into national policy.
Hospital Preparedness and Disaster Training
2007 - 2015
India, Global
A manual and intensive training program for staff to back up utility systems, anchor objects, practice response, and prepare their hospitals to function through disasters.
Seismic Retrofit of Key Delhi Buildings
2002 - 2008
Delhi, India
Engineers gained on-the-job experience to design and install retrofit solutions for a large school, which cost less than to rebuild and became a model.
Community Earthquake Safety Central Asia
2002 - 2005
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Created school programs and disseminated disaster awareness materials to over 50% of schoolchildren in cities with high seismic risk:Tashkent, Dushanbe and Almaty.