Draft Report of the Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia (WHO Conference in Phuket, Thailand, 4-6 May 2005)

 The conference focused on the lessons learnt during both the immediate health sector response to the Tsunami and the early phase of recovery, within the broader framework of the affected countries' own efforts, supported by international assistance. The specific objectives of the conference were to:
• Review health sector experience with response and early recovery so as to determine successes and limitations i.e. what was done well, and what could have been done better?
• Identify lessons learnt for improving future health sector crisis response and recovery systems and processes i.e. in what way could future operations be better organized, and their technical components rendered more effective?WHO