Medicine & Health

Health Consequences of the Asian Tsunami

Published June 8, 2016 Curated Collections

In order to revisit the health consequences of the Asian tsunami of December 2004 six months on, PLOS Medicine commissioned a collection of Magazine articles that were published in April 2005. We later updated this collection to include a new research article and an additional essay of relevance.

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Essays
Health in Action
Policy Forums
Research Article

Essays

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020178

PLOS Medicine How Women Were Affected by the Tsunami: A Perspective from Oxfam
June 28, 2005 Rhona MacDonald
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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020177

PLOS Medicine Should Health Professionals Allow Reporters Inside Hospitals and Clinics at Times of Natural Disasters?
June 28, 2005 Anant Bhan

Health in Action

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020176

PLOS Medicine Meeting the Health Needs of Migrant Workers Affected by the Tsunami
June 28, 2005 David Wilson
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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020179

PLOS Medicine Addressing Psychosocial Needs in the Aftermath of the Tsunami
June 28, 2005 Kaz de Jong, Sue Prosser, Nathan Ford
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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020169

PLOS Medicine How the Cochrane Collaboration Is Responding to the Asian Tsunami
June 28, 2005 Prathap Tharyan, Mike Clarke, Sally Green
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10.1371/journal.pmed.0030082

PLOS Medicine Telemedicine in Rural India
March 7, 2006 Sanjit Bagchi

Policy Forums

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020184

PLOS Medicine Revisiting the Tsunami: Health Consequences of Flooding
June 28, 2005 Oliver Morgan, Mike Ahern, Sandy Cairncross
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10.1371/journal.pmed.0030195

PLOS Medicine Mass Fatality Management following the South Asian Tsunami Disaster: Case Studies in Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka
June 6, 2006 Oliver W Morgan, Pongruk Sribanditmongkol, Clifford Perera, Yeddi Sulasmi, Dana Van Alphen, Egbert Sondorp

Research Article

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0020185

PLOS Medicine After the Tsunami: Legal Implications of Mass Burials of Unidentified Victims in Sri Lanka
June 28, 2005 Clifford Perera