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Putting It Together: Stronger Public Health Capacity within Disaster Management Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

David Nabarro
David Nabarro
Affiliation:
Director General for Health Action in Crises (HAC), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Abstract

This is a summary of the agreement reached during the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. There are 12elements to this agreement: (1) risk management and vulnerability capacities; (2) needs assessments and programmed management; (3) best public health practices; (4) benchmarks, standards, and codes of practice; (5) management and coordination; (6) supply systems, communication, and logistics; (7) volunteers; (8) demonstrated leadership; (9) military and commercial private sectors; (10) media; (11) accountability and ethics; and (12) preparedness.

Keywords

accountabilitybenchmarksbest practicescapacitycodes of practicedisasterethicsleadershiplogisticsmediamilitaryneeds assessmentpreparednessprivate commercialpublic healthrisk managementstandardssupply systemsvolunteersvulnerability
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 483 - 485
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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