Panel 2.1: assessing impact and needs.
This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.1 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 assessing needs and measuring impact as pertaining to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) key questions; (2) assessing needs; (3) measuring impact; and (4) lessons learned and recommendations.
World Health Organization (WHO), Thailand.
William
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Aldis
Gerald
G
Rockenschaub
Yuri
Y
Gorokhovich
Shannon
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Doocy
Pisake
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Lumbiganon
Francois
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Grunewald
D004190:Disasters; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014944:World Health Organization