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Session 1.5: Health Policy and Coordination: A Critical Review of Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Pasqualino Procacci ,
Rodger Doran ,
Sheela Rani Chunkath ,
Richard Garfield ,
Salvano Briceno  and
Anton Fric
Pasqualino Procacci
Affiliation:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Rodger Doran
Affiliation:
Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Office Ho Chi Minh City, and Coordinator World Health Organization, Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action (WHO/EHA) Programme for Mekong Countries, World Health Organization /Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)
Sheela Rani Chunkath
Affiliation:
Health Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu
Richard Garfield
Affiliation:
Professor of Clinical International Nursing and Director, World Health Organization /Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Collaborating Center, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
Salvano Briceno
Affiliation:
Director, United Nations (UN) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Anton Fric
Affiliation:
Regional Adviser, Evidence and Health Information (EHI), World Health Organization /South East Asia Region
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Session 1.5 on Health Policy and Coordination: A Critical Review of Experiences during the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened bythe World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to health policy and coordination as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. Key questions were answered in this session, and recommendations were made.

Keywords

coordinationeffectivenesshealth policyknowledgenon-governmental organizationtsunamiUnited Nations (UN)World 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. 393 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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