The final episode of a four-part series of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast reflecting on the impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis is now published.
MHPSS Technical Advisor, Shona Whitton.
In the four episodes Shona and expert guests reflect on different aspects of the disaster and response:
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Health responses to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia
2024
In this episode, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Dr Dewindra Widiamurti, Regional Health Program Delegate with the Finnish Red Cross, about her experiences working in Aceh Province with Pelang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross) after the 2004 tsunami, her reflections on MHPSS practice at the time, and how this work shaped her career.
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MHPSS responses to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka
2024
In this episode, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Ananda Galappatti, co-founder and co-Director of MHPSS.net about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on MHPSS work in Sri Lanka and the legacy of this work on global MHPSS practice.
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Reflecting on the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on global MHPSS practice
2024
In this episode, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Professor Emeritus Mike Wessells from Columbia University about developments in MHPSS programming and practice following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis, including the development of the IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings.
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Memory and legacy of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
2024
In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Associate Professor Emmanual Raju from the University of Copenhagen about the role of memory in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and recovery and how memories of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami influenced DRR work in India.
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