for Bhop

1. Disaster
Health Checklist
Rapid Assessment

2. Number and status of people
• What is the approximate number of people
(with a rough percentage of women, children and
children under five)?(size, economic status and
location of communities)
• What are the reported numbers of deaths,
injuries and illness last year?
• Are there especially vulnerable groups? Who
are they, and what are their numbers?

3. Characteristics of the area and baseline data
• Where? District, block, Panchayat
• What is the geographic extent of the Panchayat/
area?
• What types of development or aid programmes
were or are operating in the area?

4. Health
• What are the immediate and obvious health
problems (wounds, respiratory infections,
gastrointestinal diseases and parasites, malaria,
measles)?
• Are health facilities functioning regularly?
• Where are the health centers and hospitals?
• Are there adequate health workers for the
facilities?
• Have there been disruptions in supply of
medicines, medical equipment or in the cold
chain in last year? Of what magnitude? When?

5. Food
•Are any groups without enough food?
• If so, is this because food is unavailable or
because the people lack purchasing power?
• Are households able to prepare food?
• Are there visible signs of malnutrition – children
too thin or with oedema (swollen belly)?
• In a quick check using a mid upper-arm
circumference strip, are there children who
classify as moderately or severely malnourished?
What percentage of those sampled?

6. Shelter
• Do people have shelter?
•Is it cold enough to need blankets?
•Do they need mosquito nets