Agenda 4 c: Response and recovery activities in countries affected by the earthquake and tsunamis of

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Agenda 4 (c) Response and recovery activities
in countries affected by the earthquake and
tsunamis of 26 December 2004
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh Deputy Regional
Director
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Number of people killed by natural disasters in
the world (1995-2004)
World Disasters Report 2005, IFRC
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Country Response
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WHO response to Country Needs

• Technical support with capacity building
• Communicable disease surveillance and reporting
  systems
• Water quality and environmental sanitation
• health care waste management
• Mental health
• Reproductive health and nursing services
• Vaccination campaigns for measles and polio
• Health information systems

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Operational Support

• Carrying out assessments
• Establishment of field offices and operational
  platforms
• Logistics and communications support
• Coordination of the health sector activities
• Resource mobilization and external coordination
• Deployment of health personnel/experts
• Provision of supplies and equipment

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Documentation

• Publications
• Moving Beyond the Tsunami
• Communicable Diseases
• Water and Sanitation
• Mental Health
• Media and the Tsunami
• Voices from the field CD
• Donor Reports
• Evaluation Reports

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Transparency of the Operations

• Internal evaluation review teams and closure
  missions
• Independent audits of donors
• Independent external evaluation on WHO SEARO

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Building on the Tsunami experience

• Lessons learnt exercises in countries in 2005
• Regional Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand in Nov 2005
  
• 12 benchmarks for emergency preparedness and
  response
• periodic report on progress achieved
• Regional Consultation in Bali, Indonesia, June
  2006
• Bali Declaration
• Regional Solidarity Fund