Emergency Preparedness for the Health Sector and Communities: Challenges and way forward

Mr Jonathan Abrahams

Team Leader
Public Health in Emergencies
ADPC
Bangkok, Thailand

• Biography

Dr Carmencita Banatin

Director
Health Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness Division
Department of Health
Quezon City, Philippines

Dr Manuel Carballo

Director
WHO Collaborating Centre for Health-related Issues among People Displaced by Disasters
International Centre for Mitigation and Health, ICMH
Geneva, Switzerland

Mr Victor Carvell

Counsellor Canada Mission
CIDA
Geneva, Switzerland

Ms Salima Djebbari

OCHA
Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Jeff Elzinga

Senior Program Officer
Natural Disasters and NGO Relations Unit
CIDA
Ottawa, Canada

Dr Sajith Gunaratne

Health Operations Coordinator
IOM
Geneva, Switzerland

Ms Kym Martin

A/Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Planning and Training
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa, Canada

• Biography

Dr Eric K Noji, MD, PhD

Professor & Associate Dean, a.i.
Emergency & Humanitarian Affairs Programs
The Johns Hopkins Hospital,
School of Medicine & School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD, USA

• Biography

Dr. Kopano Mukelabai

Senior Health Advisor
Health Section, Programme Division UNICEF
New York, NY, USA

Dr Yasemin Aysan

Independent Consultant
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Marvin L. Birnbaum, MD, PhD

President
The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Madison, WI, USA

• Biography

Dr David Cooper

Director
NSW Health Counter Disaster Unit
State Headquarters
Ambulance Service of NSW
Rozelle, Australia

• Biography

Dr Claude de Ville de Goyet

Consultant, Humanitarian Affairs & Disaster Reduction
Washington DC, USA

• Biography

Dr Marcel Dubouloz

Senior Medical Consultant HDCA
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Danielle Grondin

Director
Migration Health Department
IOM
Geneva, Switzerland

• Biography

Mr Terry Jeggle

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, UN/ISDR
Geneva, Switzerland

• Biography

Dr Howard Njoo

Associate Director General
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa, Canada

• Biography

Ms Helena Molin-Valdes

Deputy Director
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, UN/ISDR
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Knut Ole Sundnes

Chair
Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway

Dr Andrew Cassels

Director
Health Policy, Development and Services (EIP/HDS)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Rodger Doran

EHA focal point
WHO Vietnam

Dr Kersten Gutschmidt

Technical Officer
Chemical Safety (PCS)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

• Biography

Dr Soichiro Iwao

Director
WHO Kobe Centre
Kobe, Japan

Dr Stefano Lazzari

Director
WHO Office in Lyon for National Epidemic Preparedness and Response Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Lyon, France

Mr Altaf Musani

EHA Regional Adviser
WHO EMRO
Cairo, Egypt

Dr Luis Jorge Perez

EHA Regional Adviser
WHO SEARO
New Delhi, India

Dr Paulo Piva

Adviser
Health and Development (DEV)

Dr Gilles Poumerol

A/Coordinator
WHO Office in Lyon for National Epidemic Preparedness and Response Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Lyon, France

Dr Gerald Rockenschaub

DPR/EURO Regional Adviser
WHO EURO
Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Marie Andree Romisch-Diouf

Director
Country Focus (CCO)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Elisabeth Feller

Senior Adviser
Country Focus (CCO)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Monir Islam

Director
Making Pregnancy Safer (MPS)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Omar Khatib

EHA Regional Adviser
WHO AFRO
Brazzaville, Congo

Dr David Meddings

Scientist
Injuries and Violence Prevention (NMH/VIP)
WHO Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Maria Purificacion Neira

Director
Department of Protection of the Human Environment (PHE)
WHO
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Arturo M Pesigan

EHA Regional Adviser
WHO WPRO
Manila, Philippines

• Biography

Dr Jean Luc Poncelet

EHA Regional Adviser
WHO AMRO/PAHO
Washington DC, USA

Dr Elil Renganathan

Director
WHO Mediterranean Centre for Vulnerability Reduction
Tunis, Tunisia