After tsunami

A resposta eficaz às vítimas das grandes catástrofes, torna indispensável a elaboração de um plano de actuação eficaz construído com base no conhecimento rigoroso do meio e das formas de auxílio mais adequadas. A revista "The Lancet" de 22.01.05, insere vários artigos sobre o auxílio prestado às vítimas do Tsunami.

"A comprehensive international approach to earthquake risks. Rapid responses to the immediate effects of tsunami damage can save lives and limit morbidity, especially from trauma--as was shown after three tsunamis hit Papua New Guinea in July, 1998. 5-7 But now is also a unique moment to create a broader mechanism to measure and prioritise all major global threats to human survival. By doing so, some order would govern how the world deals with these extreme dangers. A piecemeal approach to determining human risks would be an understandably reactive but deeply flawed response to this latest natural catastrophe". Health Workers Respond Threats to human survival After the tsunamis