Panel 2.17: private commercial sector partnerships for health action in crises
Sundnes, K.Ole.; Sannerkvist, M.; Hedger, P.; Woodworth, B.; Hyre, A.; Cuddyre, T.; Waldman, R.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 20(6): 459-463
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1049-023X PMID: 16496637 DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00003125Document Number: 534317
This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.17, Private Commercial Sector Partnerships for Health Action in Crises of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to private sector partnerships for health action in crises as pertain to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following sections: (1) key questions; (2) issues and challenges; (3) lessons learned; (4) what was done well?; (5) what could have been done better?; and (6) conclusions and recommendations.