
%0 Journal Article
%T Putting it together: Stronger public health capacity within disaster management systems
%J Prehospital and disaster medicine
%D 2005
%A Nabarro, David
%V 20
%N 6
%P 483-485
%X This is a summary of the agreement reached during the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005. There are 12 elements to this agreement: (1) risk management and vulnerability capacities; (2) needs assessments and programmed management; (3) best public health practices; (4) benchmarks, standards, and codes of practice; (5) management and coordination; (6) supply systems, communication, and logistics; (7) volunteers; (8) demonstrated leadership; (9) military and commercial private sectors; (10) media; (11) accountability and ethics; and (12) preparedness.
%G 
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1049-023X
%U http://dx.doi.org/