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Session 1.3: Health Protection and Disease Prevention: A Critical Review of Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Joanna Merlin-Scholtes ,
Jai Narain ,
Supamit Chunsuttiwat ,
Caroline Hyde-Price ,
Philippe Francois Dubois  and
Eigil Sorensen
Joanna Merlin-Scholtes
Affiliation:
United Nations Resident Coordinator, Thailand
Jai Narain
Affiliation:
Coordinator, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization (WHO)/South East Asia Region
Supamit Chunsuttiwat
Affiliation:
Senior Expert in Preventive Medicine, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Caroline Hyde-Price
Affiliation:
Head of International Office, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom
Philippe Francois Dubois
Affiliation:
Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Eigil Sorensen
Affiliation:
World Health Organization Representative, World Health Organization/ Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Health Protection and Disease Prevention 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 health protection and disease prevention as pertaining to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections:(1) key questions; (2) national perspectives; (3) an international perspective; (4) laboratory aspects in disease surveillance; and (5) partnership.

Keywords

communicable diseasecoordinationeffectivenesshealthinternationallaboratory supportlessons learnedneeds assessmentnutritionoutbreakpreparednesspreventionprotectionsanitationThailandTsunamiwater-borneWorld 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. 385 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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