TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Putting it together: Stronger public health capacity within disaster management systems JO - Prehospital and disaster medicine A1 - Nabarro, David SP - 483 EP - 485 VL - 20 IS - 6 N2 - 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. LA - SN - 1049-023X UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -