Report on the consultation on health disaster preparedness, mitigation and response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Syria, 2003
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) held a consultation on health disaster preparedness, mitigation and response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, on 1-4 December 2003. The objectives of the meeting were to define regional/country vulnerability and needs for disaster mitigation; build consensus on all aspects of a 5-year draft regional strategy for disaster preparedness; and provide guidance for the formulation of a 5-year preparedness mitigation, prevention and response workplan. The consultation was attended by representatives from 11 countries of the region: Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia and Republic of Yemen. Active participation from UN agencies (UNICEF, UNDP and ISDR), the European Union and the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies enriched the debates and promoted an interagency and intersectoral approach to this important topic.
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