Panel 2.8: water, sanitation, food safety, and environmental health.
This is a summary of the presentations and discussion by the panel that addressed issues with Water, Sanitation, Food Safety, and Environmental Health 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. The topics discussed included issues related to water, sanitation, food safety, and environmental health as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) needs assessments; (2) institutional capacity and coordination; (3) what was done well, and what could have been done better?; and (4) capacity building and preparedness. Topics discussed in the needs assessment section included: (1) water supply; (2) hygiene; and (3) lessons learned. Topics discussed realated to capacity building and preparedness included: (1) waste and vector-borne diseases; (2) food safety; (3) nutrition; and (4) environmental health.
Islam
Md Shafiqul
MS
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh.
Heijnen
Han Antonius
HA
Sumanasekera
Deepthi
D
Walden
Vivien
V
Roulet
Michel
M
Yoosuf
Abdul Sattar
AS
D004190:Disasters; D004782:Environmental Health; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D012449:Safety; D012499:Sanitation; D014881:Water Supply; D014944:World Health Organization