In the event of a rapid onset emergency, urgent human resource surge capacity will be provided as well as essential supplies and bridge emergency funds.
The late arrival of last year's rains "was enough to tell us a slow onset emergency was creeping up on us and we could not wait for it to hit us in the face", she said.
However, achieving effective analgesia requires the application of EMLA for 1-2 h, which limits its use during emergency where fast onset of anesthesia is desired making it less convenient to use during normal clinical procedures [ 6].
In response to the Dominica outbreak, a risk communication plan was developed and implemented on January 17 , 2014 and consisted of 2 phases: an onset emergency phase and a control phase.
In our use of the term, humanitarian emergencies included rapid onset disasters, war and conflict settings, and public health emergencies (including epidemics).
"It's even slower for us than Pakistan was," said Jeremy Barnicle, a spokesman for Mercy Corps, a relief and development group based in Portland, Ore ."The slow onset emergencies are always hard because they lack the immediacy of an act of nature, but they are just as devastating".
"A main objective is to ensure that rapid onset emergencies are managed with the utmost skill and efficiency.
This is true in all types of emergencies, from rapid onset natural disasters to long-term crises caused by a range of complex factors.
The UNICEF-led WASH Cluster will also ensure a quick and coordinated response to rapid onset emergencies with a specific focus on cholera outbreak control.
While standby arrangements are primarily made to support immediate response to a rapid-onset emergency, these partnerships have helped to strengthen capacity development of partner countries for emergency preparedness and risk reduction.
