Objective To report the anti-epidemic work for counterpart-supporting Longmen township, the epicenter of Lushan earthquake, by Mianyang health and epidemic prevention team from the first day to one month after the earthquake.
Methods a) The following information was collected: work information and report forms of each counterpart-support small group, government work information, work information statistics and historical epidemic materials of health center, and epidemic prevention materials of Beichuan county. b) The epidemic prevention work of Longmen township from the first day to one month after earthquake were documentarily described, the expert group review was adopted to assess the disaster situation, epidemic situation and health needs, and the visual observation and trace method were used to monitor the vectors.
Results a) The first team arrived in Ya’an city at the 19th hour after earthquake. The members of the team put forward the “City in-charge-of Township counterpart-support anti-epidemic mode” and they were approved to counterpart-support Longmen township. b) The second team involving 48 members assigned to the first team within 5 days after earthquake. Totally 224 local people were called up and they carried out a comprehensive work based on the “City in-charge-of Township counterpart-support anti-epidemic mode”: water quality and disease surveillance, disinfection and disinsectization at key sites, epidemic prevention in settlements, large-scale health education, and psychological intervention. c) As of 1 month after the earthquake, Mianyang health and epidemic prevention team had dispatched 20 vehicles and 122 people participated in the post-disaster epidemic prevention in Longmen township. The total disinfection area was 1 725 400 square meters, and disinsectization area was 1 162 500 square meters; 184 water samples were collected, and 7 717 family-times’ drinking water disinfection were guided; nearly 28 000 publicity materials were distributed; 8 636 people were visited and received for diagnosis; 33 cases with watery diarrhea and 16 cases with fever were found; 117 people were trained about mental health service, 3 mental health service stations were set up, and 1 152 people were helped with special population mental health services.
Conclusion a) Mianyang health and epidemic prevention team combined the special requirements of epidemic prevention in Lushan earthquake with the proficient experiences and work modes of epidemic prevention in Mianyang as the extremely-severe stricken area in Wenchuan earthquake, and put forward the “City in-charge-of Township counterpart-support mode” which is implemented and verified in the anti-epidemic practice in epicenter of Longmen Township. b) Compared with the epidemic prevention in Qushan township of Beichuan county which is the epicenter of both Lushan and Wenchuan earthquakes: the following 8 aspects (including the “City in-charge-of Township counterpart-support” formed, the first anti-epidemic team entered into the village, full coverage of anti-epidemic team entered into the village, direct reporting network recovered, settlement’s regular administration started, water supply guaranteed, drinking water monitoring initiated, emergency vaccination initiated) were performed earlier in Lushan than Wenchuan, with 42 days, 2 days, 32 days, 4 days, 10 days, 6 days, 7 days, and 19 days in advance, respectively. c) The overall performance is faster, more reasonable, and more efficient. It can provide first-hand information for globally similar earthquake’s epidemic prevention, and also the decision-making and reference for both post-disaster reconstruction and construction of regional state disaster emergency response system.
Citation： ZHOU Yun,LIU Ping,XIE Hua,LUO Lei,WANG Zejun,CHEN Zhi,CHEN Hua,LI Yongqing. One-Month after Earthquake Documentary of Anti-Epidemic Work for Counterpart-Supporting Longmen Township as the Epicenter of Lushan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2013, 13(6): 645-653. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20130113 Copy