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The Tsunami that struck on 26 December 2004 caused one of the worst disasters in modern times. The three papers that follow are based on an ICMH Tsunami Expert Review Committee meeting that took place in Male, Maldives, in April 2005

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International Centre for Migration and Health. Interim Report of a Meeting on Public Health Impact of the Tsunami. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami Emergency Update [http://www.coe-dmha.org/Tsunami/Tsu052505.htm]. Accessed 25 May 2005

Country presentation, Republic of Indonesia. The Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Indonesia. Conference on Health Consequences of the Tsunami, Phuket, Thailand, 4–6 May 2005 [http://www.who.int/hac/events/tsunamiconf/presentations/1_2_national_perspectives_indonesia_idrus_ppt.pdf]. Accessed 9 June 2005

Affal

National Report, Health Sector Response. ICMH Expert Review Meeting. Male, Maldives 22–24 April 2005. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

Ministry of Public Health. Center of Disease Surveillance and Health Relief after the Tsunami Disaster, Ministry of Public Health Thailand, Evaluation of Damage concerning the Ministry of Public Health, March 2005. Nontaburi: MoH Thailand, 2005

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Perera

. SrO ICMH Expert Review Meeting. Male, Maldives, 22–24 April 2005. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

Bappenas and World Bank. Indonesia: Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Publication/280016-1106130305439/damage_assessment.pdf]. Accessed 9 June 2005

Bappenas and World Bank. Indonesia: Notes on Reconstruction [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/Resources/Publication/280016-1106130305439/reconstruction_notes.pdf]. Accessed 9 June 2005

Asian Development Bank, United Nations, World Bank. Sri Lanka Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSRILANKA/Resources/233024-1107313542200/SLNA0205Final-E.pdf]. Accessed 9 June 2005

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Asian Development Bank, United Nations, World Bank. India Post Tsunami Recovery Program Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment. 8 March 2005 [http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,contentMDK: 20390890∼pagePK: 141137∼piPK: 141127∼theSitePK: 295584,00.html]. Accessed 9 June 2005

11.

Asian Development Bank, United Nations, World Bank. Republic of the Maldives Tsunami Impact and Recovery Assessment [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMALDIVES/Resources/mv-na-full-02-14-05.pdf]. Accessed 9 June 2005

12.

Kunaratanapruk

Thailand National Health Perspectives on the Tsunami Crisis. Conference on Health Consequences of the Tsunami. Phuket, Thailand, 4–6 May 2005

13.

Wattanawaitunechai

, Peacock

S.J.

, Jitpratoom

Tsunami in Thailand—disaster management in a district hospital.

N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 962–4

14.

Nath L, Voluntary Health Association of India. Tsunami Report. ICMH Expert Review Meeting. Male, Maldives, 22–24 April 2005. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

15.

Beller

G.A.

Where high-tech medicine was irrelevant.

J Nucl Cardiol 2005; 12: 143–4

16.

Calder

, Mannion

Orthopaedics in Sri Lanka post-tsunami.

J Bone Joint Surg 2005; 87: 759–61

17.

United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rapid health response, assessment, and surveillance after a tsunami.

MMWR 2005; 54: 61–4 [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5403al.htm]. Accessed 31 May 2005

18.

Mail and Guardian online. Victim's remains found five months after tsunami, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 May 2005 [http://www.mg.co.za]. Accessed 8 June 2005

19.

Conolly

, Moore

Missing could be in mass graves.

The Age.com [www.theage.com.au/news/Asia-tsunami]. Accessed 21 June 2005

20.

Iype

My sons might be there in burial ground.

Rediff.com [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/dec/28iype.htm]. Accessed 21 June 2005

21.

Ball

Mass graves not necessary for Tsunami victims, rapid burial to avert health risks is a myth.

Nature.com [http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050103/pf/050103-10_pf.html]. Accessed 21 June 2005

22.

Watts

Thailand shows the world it can cope alone.

Lancet 2005; 356: 284

23.

Perera

, Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Welfare. Tsunami Expert Review: Sri Lanka. ICMH Expert Review Meeting. Male, Maldives, 22–24 April 2005. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

24.

Doctors of the World. Reports from the field: helping migrants from Burma access care, June 2005 [http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org/projects/thailand.cfm]. Accessed 30 June 2005

25.

Deutche Press Agentur (DPA). Burmese tsunami victims ignored athome, abroad, Phuket, Thailand. Relief Web, 8 Jan 2005 [http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf.6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/bc10abf075a9e055c1256f8300380428?OpenDocument]

26.

Hakoda

Invisible Victims of Tsunami—Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand. Human Rights, Osaka, March 2005 [http://www.hurights.or.jp/asia-pacific/039/03.htm]. Accessed 15 June 2005

27.

World Health Organization. Health action in Crisis Highlight No. 36 22 November 2004: Somalia [http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/15234.pdf]. Accessed 1 June 2005

28.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs. Earthquake and Tsunami OCHA Situation Rep. No. 32. 18 March 2005 [www.undp.org/bcpr/disred/documents/tsunami/ocha/sitrep32.pdf]. Accessed 14 June 2005

29.

Large

Analysis—big tsunami donors rank poorly in generosity.

Reuters, 24 June 2005 [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23032450.htm]. Accessed 30 June 2005

30.

World Health Organization. Funds given/pledged to WHO for the Indian Ocean Tsunami response, 16 May 2005 [http://www.who.int/hac/crises/international/asia_tsunami/appeal/tsunami_contributions/en.htm]. Accessed 13 June 2005

31.

Treerutkuarkul

Tsunami response was no disaster.

Bangkok Post 5 May 2005

32.

Riley

, Dowdy

Z.R.

Long term aid a concern. Newsday.com [http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-wotsun0105,0,313564.story]. Accessed 9 June 2005

33.

Frontières

Médecins Sans

. Asian Tsunami, Overview of MSF Activities in Sri Lanka, January 2005 [http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=B8B82DD2-A30E-41EC-AA527898054DE334&component=toolkit.report&method=full_html]. Accessed 7 June 2005

34.

Stokoe

Indonesia National Report. ICMH Expert Review Meeting. Male, Maldives, 22–24 April 2005. Geneva: ICMH, 2005

35.

AFP.

World Leaders gather for post-tsunami, aid pledges near 4bln dlrs.

Political News [http://www.political-news.org/breaking/4759/world-leaders-gather-for-post-tsunami-summit-aid-pledges-near-4-bln-dlrs.html]. Accessed 16 June 2005

36.

Baby Milk Action. Press release: ‘Responses to the Tsunami disaster and infant feeding’, 13 January 2005 [http://www.babymilkaction.org/press/press13jan05.html]. Accessed 10 June 2005

37.

Aceh & Sumatra Utara Tsunami Disaster Crisis Information Center. Aceh Receives Oversupply of Prostheses [http://www.acehtsunami.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=39]. Accessed 14 June 2005

38.

Carballo

, Serdarevic

Responding to Emergency Drug Needs: Lessons for the Future. Geneva: ICMH, 1996

39.

Channel News Asia.

Unlikely coalition of the willing wins crucial tsunami relief battles.

Media Corp News, 24 January 2003 [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/128823/1/.html]. Accessed 9 June 2005

40.

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. The Tsunami and After: Emergency doctor says WHO has key role in health crises [http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/83/2/interview0205/en/print.html]. Accessed 9 June 2005

41.

Reliefweb. 14 February 2004 [http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2005/rw-ind-14feb.pdf]. Accessed 14 June 2005

Impact of the Tsunami on Healthcare Systems

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