10 years recovery from the 2004 tsunami
GENEVA. KAZINFORM It has been a decade since the devastating tsunami hit this region with a vengeance claiming lives of close to 200 000 people, displacing more than 2 million from their homes and destroying /damaging huge areas of the natural environment and human built structures along the coast of 10 countries in South-East Asia and five countries in East Africa.
The region has come a long way since the 2004 event in it preparedness and capacity building initiatives in the area of disaster risk reduction and emergency risk management by formulating guidelines and disseminating knowledge and skills to manage health emergencies during crisis situations and assisting in building disaster resilient structures, the WHO's press service said.
Work in the area of emergency risk management is ongoing taking into account the newer emerging challenges affecting the World like the current Ebola virus disease and the region is gearing up in terms of knowledge and resources to reduce, prepare, mitigate, respond and rebuild a safer environment for humanity.