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Panel 2.11: Food Security and Nutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Abdul Azeez Yoosuf ,
Zita Weise Prinzo ,
Stephen J. Atwood ,
Patrick Webb ,
Rachmi Untoro  and
Rukhsana Haider
Abdul Azeez Yoosuf
Affiliation:
Director General, Health Services, Maldives
Zita Weise Prinzo
Affiliation:
Technical Officer, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Stephen J. Atwood
Affiliation:
Regional Advisor, Health and Nutrition, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Patrick Webb
Affiliation:
Chief of Nutrition, World Food Programme (WFP)
Rachmi Untoro
Affiliation:
Director, Community Nutrition, Ministry of Health (MOH), Indonesia
Rukhsana Haider
Affiliation:
Regional Adviser Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization/Southeast Asia Regional Office (SEARO)
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.11, Food Security and Nutrition 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 to food security and nutrition as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) findings; (2) key questions; (3) discussion; and (4) recommendations.

Keywords

childrencoordinationfood securityhealthlessons learnedneeds assessmentsnon-governmental organization (NGO)nutritiontsunami
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 436 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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