Presented by Energizing Health
After the Cameras Leave: Viable Disaster Relief
How do you achieve healthy, sustainable and resilient communities after a disaster? After the devastation, there is a need to devote new resources for infrastructure rebuilding and the restoration of care delivery systems (health/social services). Natural and human-caused disasters like those in Flint, MI and Puerto Rico, impact the health and economies of communities long after the media has forgotten and stopped reporting. The impact the natural environment places higher demands on social services, impacting low-income communities the hardest. In this session, we'll discuss the ways that community organizations, healthcare providers and entrepreneurs are coming together to respond to disasters before they happen, immediately after and long after on the road to recovery.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.
Sonja Gaines
Texas Health and Human Services
Jeff Reichman
January Advisors
Glenn Robinson
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest
Umair Shah
Harris County Public Health