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Panel 2.15: Civil-Military Cooperation in Humanitarian Health Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

David Gunnarsson ,
Randy Hyer ,
R.D. Hufstader ,
Archmad Hidayat ,
James Peake  and
Anshu Banerjee
David Gunnarsson
Affiliation:
World Health Organization Executive Board
Randy Hyer
Affiliation:
Medical Officer, Civil Military Liasion Activity and Alert and Response Operations, World Health Organization (WHO)
R.D. Hufstader
Affiliation:
RDML MC USN, Command Surgeon, US Pacific Command
Archmad Hidayat
Affiliation:
Head of Health Center TNI, Indonesian Military
James Peake
Affiliation:
Surgeon General, United States Army
Anshu Banerjee
Affiliation:
Manager, World Health Organization Programme in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.15, Civil-Military Cooperation in Humanitarian Health Action 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 civil-military collaboration in humanitarian health actions as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following sections: (1) how effective civil-military cooperation can help health responses, including; (a) needs assessment; (b) coordination; (c) filling gaps; and (d) capacity (2) what was done well, and what could have been done better better; and (3) conclusions and recommendations. Conclusions and recommendations included: (1) the best coordination mechanisms for civil-military cooperation; and (2) suggested additions and improvements.

Keywords

civilcooperationhumanitarianinternally displaced person (IDP)militarytsunamiUnited 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. 450 - 454
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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