Citation

Dent AW, Davies G, Barrett P, de Saint Ours PJ. Med. J. Aust. 1995; 163(11-12): 635-639.

Affiliation

St. Mary's Hospital, Vunapope, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8538565

Abstract

On 19 September 1994, with little warning, two volcanoes erupted at the Rabaul caldera, affecting the heavily populated Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Local health services were able to deal with the disaster without additional external resources. The preparedness of the population and their knowledge of safe areas gained from a disaster plan widely publicized a decade earlier contributed to the low number of casualties.

Language: en