Rebuilding of the health centre and dwellings will be a major rehabilitation need. Infectious diseases 8. Many of those living in Bengkulu city have limited availability of water and even those normally supplied with piped water may now have to rely on delivery by water tankers. As long as people continue to boil drinking water there is little risk of a major water-borne infectious diseases outbreak, although some of the health centres reported an increase during the week following the earthquake. Generally, there is an increased risk of Malaria among the homeless and people who are sleeping outside their houses in makeshift shelters without the protection of mosquito nets.
Officials report no increased in stress related symptoms among the patients seen in the hospitals.
Field visits to the outlying health centres also indicated that this was not an immediate issue. Food security 11. In general food security is not affected. However, community members affected feel that food is their priority need. Water supply 12.