WADEM Task Forces and Committees
Charges to the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine:
The following tasks assigned to the WADEM by the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine include (but not limited to):
1) Develop White Papers on disaster: a) Management; b) Health and Public Health in Disasters; c) Education and training; d) Research; e) Psychosocial aspects; and f) Plans;
2) Establishment of Task Forces on terrorism, landmines, and emerging infections;
3) Develop standardized evaluation tools;
4) Develop and make available a disaster medicine resource list;
5) Evolve a standardized template for the assessment of medical needs;
6) Development of a standardized curriculum for Disaster medicine/Management;
7) Create an information and data clearing house; and
8) Provide courses on applied disaster research.
The World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that WADEM provide:
1) Consultation to WHO as needed;
2) Facilitate access to educational programs;
3) Link relevant websites ;
4) Produce a glossary of terminology;
5) Standardize curricula;
6) Coordinate training activities;
7) Develop an inventory of indicators; and
8) Assist with the development of a standardized set of applied tools for data collection in the field.
WADEM Task Forces: The current charge to the Chairs of each of the Task Forces is to prepare an issues paper as to what are the main issues within the sphere of their respective Task Force. At the 16th World Congress, priorities will be assigned to each of the Task Forces based on their respective list and discussion of the issues. |
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Civilian-Military Collaboration Chair: Knut Ole Sundnes |
CBRNE (Chemical, Biologicalm Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) Chair: Victor Koscheyev, David Baker |
Disaster Public Health Chair: Steve Rottman |
Safe Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities Chair: Felipe Cruz Vega |
Emergency Medical Services in the Developing World Co-Chairs: Jerry Overton, David Bradt |
Landmines Chair: Mike Schneider |
Psychosocial Aspects of Disasters Co-Chairs: Gloria Leon, Carol Amaratunga |
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WADEM Standing Committees |
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Executive Committee (WADEM elected officers only) |
Research Chair: Sam Stratton |
Pediatrics Co-Chairs: Arthur Cooper, Leonid Roshal |
Program Chair: Judith Fisher |
Education Co-Chairs: Geert Seynaeve, Frank Archer |
Publications Chair: Marvin Birnbaum |
Membership Chair: Frank Archer |
International Law and Ethics Co-Chairs: Ahmed Ammar, Michael Hoffman |
