Panel 2.17: private commercial sector partnerships for health action in crises.
This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.17, Private Commercial Sector Partnerships for Health Action in Crises 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 private sector partnerships for health action in crises as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following sections: (1) key questions; (2) issues and challenges; (3) lessons learned; (4) what was done well?; (5) what could have been done better?; and (6) conclusions and recommendations.
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM).
Knut Ole
KO
Sundnes
Milan
M
Sannerkvist
Philip
P
Hedger
Brent
B
Woodworth
Anne
A
Hyre
Terrence
T
Cuddyre
Ronald
R
Waldman
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D007214:Indonesia; D017149:Private Sector; D014944:World Health Organization