Establishing an early warning alert and response network following the Solomon Islands tsunami in 2013

• Main Authors: Augustine Bilve (Author), Francisco Nogareda (Author), Cynthia Joshua (Author), Lester Ross (Author), Christopher Betcha (Author), Kara Durski (Author), Juliet Fleischl (Author), Eric Nilles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Problem On 6 February 2013, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake generated a tsunami that struck the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, killing 10 people and displacing over 4700. Approach A post-disaster assessment of the risk of epidemic disease transmission recommended the implementation of an early war...