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The HIV/AIDS Tsunami: Perception Determines Global Response

The HIV/AIDS Tsunami: Perception Determines Global Response Population Review Volume 46, Number 1, 2007 Type: Viewpoint pp. 56-58 Author: Joseph Roberts Affiliation: Editor of Population Review and Visiting Scholar, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Corresponding author/address: Email: editor@populationreview.com On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, generating a widespread tsunami. The resulting waves, some up to 15 meters high, reached the heavily populated shores of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the east coast of Africa, leaving a path of death and destruction in their wake. Because many bodies (including entire families) were swept out to sea, the final death toll may never be known. But it is likely that at least 200,000 people lost their lives on that fateful day. Along with lives lost, the tsunami destroyed countless livelihoods and made millions of people homeless. Soon after the event, in an interview with CNN, UN emergency relief co-coordinator Jan Egeland summarized the situation: "This may be the worst natural disaster in recent history because it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas... so many vulnerable communities." Tsunami impacted areas in orange The magnitude of the devastation prompted a rapid and massive global response. In order to assess the situation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Population Review Sociological Demography Press

The HIV/AIDS Tsunami: Perception Determines Global Response

Population Review , Volume 46 (1) – Jun 14, 2007

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Population Review Volume 46, Number 1, 2007 Type: Viewpoint pp. 56-58 Author: Joseph Roberts Affiliation: Editor of Population Review and Visiting Scholar, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Corresponding author/address: Email: editor@populationreview.com On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, generating a widespread tsunami. The resulting waves, some up to 15 meters high, reached the heavily populated shores of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the east coast of Africa, leaving a path of death and destruction in their wake. Because many bodies (including entire families) were swept out to sea, the final death toll may never be known. But it is likely that at least 200,000 people lost their lives on that fateful day. Along with lives lost, the tsunami destroyed countless livelihoods and made millions of people homeless. Soon after the event, in an interview with CNN, UN emergency relief co-coordinator Jan Egeland summarized the situation: "This may be the worst natural disaster in recent history because it is affecting so many heavily populated coastal areas... so many vulnerable communities." Tsunami impacted areas in orange The magnitude of the devastation prompted a rapid and massive global response. In order to assess the situation

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Published: Jun 14, 2007

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