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Message from the Regional Director

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Samlee Plianbangchang
Affiliation:
Regional Director WHO South-East Asia

Extract

With great pleasure, I warmly welcome you all to this regional meeting.

As we all are aware, approximately 200,000 lives were lost due to the Earthquake and Tsunami at the end oflast year. It was one of the worst catastrophes of our times.The tragic event affected nine countries and displaced an estimated 1.2 million people. This was in spite of prompt responses by the governments of affected countries and international organizations.

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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2006

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