South Asia earthquake and tsunamis
The South-East Asia earthquake and tsunami, which struck on 26 December 2004, affected 11 countries, killing more than 225 000 and displacing an estimated 1.2 million. The crisis required governments, civil society, humanitarian actors (including non-governmental organizations and donors) and the UN to respond on a scale that had never been seen before.
WHO was able to respond to this disaster thanks to an extraordinary effort at all levels of the Organization, with regional and headquarters staff joining colleagues in WHO's South-East Asia Region to plan and implement WHO's response. Over 200 staff were deployed to the affected countries in the weeks following the disaster. More than 50 departments were involved in providing expertise and technical backup to the field operations.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRISIS AND WHO’S RESPONSE
After three months: update on health consequences and WHO's response
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WHO in action and photo essay
Six months later: recovering from the disaster
Sustaining recovery six months on: the role of health professionals
One year on: health sector recovery on track
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Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (TRIAMS)
An initiative to assist governments, aid agencies and affected populations in assessing and monitoring the rate and direction of tsunami recovery in Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand over a period of five years.
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Tsunami retrospective
24 June 2005
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Tsunami health conference
A WHO Conference on the Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia convened in Phuket on 4-6 May 2005 to discuss the lessons learnt in the health sector response and the early phase of recovery.
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OTHER WHO DOCUMENTS
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Communicable disease risks and interventions [pdf 368kb]
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Communicable disease risk assessement: dengue fever in Indonesia, February 2005 [pdf 93kb]
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News release: Tsunami recovery process focuses on long-term health capacity development
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Tsunami wreaks mental health havoc
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83 (6) 2005: 401-480
WHO resources
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Regional Office for South-East Asia
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Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
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Regional Office for the Americas: Disasters newsletter
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Management of dead bodies in disaster situations
non-who resources
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Pacific disaster management information network
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Sri Lanka - health sector response
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Ministry of Health - Indonesia
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Ministry of Health - Thailand
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ReliefWeb updates
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The Virtual Operations On-Site Coordination Center (Virtual OSOCC)
Facilitates information exchange between responding governments and organizations throughout the relief operation. Registration required.
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