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Session 1.2: National Health Perspectives of the Tsunami Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Poonam Khetrapal Singh ,
Roderico Ofrin ,
P. Ravindran ,
Idrus Paturussi ,
Ibrahim Yasir ,
Than Aung ,
H.A.P. Kahandailyanage  and
Suprachai Kunaratanapruk
Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Affiliation:
Deputy Regional Director for Southeast Asia, World Health Organization (WHO)
Roderico Ofrin
Affiliation:
Emergency Preparedness and Response, World Health Organization/Southeast Asia Region, WHO
P. Ravindran
Affiliation:
Director, Directorate-General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, New Delhi, India
Idrus Paturussi
Affiliation:
Head, Health Manpower Education and Human Resources, Ministry of Health, Indonesia
Ibrahim Yasir
Affiliation:
Deputy Director, Medical Administration of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Maldives
Than Aung
Affiliation:
Divisional Health Director, Ayeyarwaddy Division, Myanmar
H.A.P. Kahandailyanage
Affiliation:
Director General of Health Services, Sri Lanka
Suprachai Kunaratanapruk
Affiliation:
Deputy Permanent Secretary for Public Health, Thailand
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Session 1.2 of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related national health perspectives as pertaining to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) key questions; (2) discussion; (3) what was done well?; (4) what could have been done better?; and (5) what can be done to prepare for the future?.

Keywords

coordinationdamagehealthhumanitarianpreparednessrecoveryresponsetsunamiWorld Health Organization (WHO)
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 382 - 384
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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