Volume 6, Supplement 1 2015, Pages 1–101 Responding to Typhoon p-ISSN: 2094-7321 e-ISSN: 2094-7313 Haiyan in the Philippines EEditorialditorial UUsese ofof tthehe WWHOHO PPackageackage ooff EEssentialssential RRespondingesponding ttoo TTyphoonyphoon HHaiyanaiyan NNoncommunicableoncommunicable DDiseaseisease InterventionsInterventions iinn tthehe PPhilippineshilippines 1 aafterfter TyphoonTyphoon HHaiyanaiyan 1188 MMcPhersoncPherson MM,, CCounahanounahan MM,, HHallall JJLL MMartinezartinez RRE,E, QQuintanuintan RR,, GGoo JJJ,J, VVillonesillones MMS,S, MMarquezarquez MMAA PPerspectiveerspective SSurveillanceurveillance fforor aandnd iissuesssues rrelatingelating ttoo IIss tthehe rresponseesponse oover?ver? 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The goal of the journal A snapshot of catastrophic post-disaster is to create a platform for timely information sharing both health expenses after Typhoon Haiyan 76 within our region and globally to enhance surveillance and Espallardo NL, Geroy LS, Villanueva R, Gavino R, response activities. WPSAR is a continuous publication Nievera LA, Hall JL which means articles will be published online as soon as they have completed the review and editing process. Medicines management in the Philippine Every three months articles will be batched for a print public sector during the response to Haiyan 82 Salenga R, Robles Y, Loquias M, Capule F, Guerrero AM issue. It is a publication managed by the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific. 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Editorial Responding to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines Michelle McPherson,a Megan Counahanb and Julie Lyn Hallb Correspondence to [email protected]. he Philippines is a disaster-prone country,1 ranked Box 1. Impact of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines3 as the second highest country worldwide at risk of natural disasters.2 On 8 November 2013, T • Around 3.4 million families (16 million Typhoon Haiyan (local name “Yolanda”) made landfall individuals) were affected across 12 139 in the Philippines and had significant impact (Box 1).3 villages/communities in 44 provinces, 591 It was the strongest typhoon to have ever made landfall municipalities and 57 cities across Regions 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and Caraga. in the western North Pacific Ocean with a storm surge of 5–6 metres.4 Typhoon Haiyan left a corridor of destruction • There were 6293 individuals reported dead, 28 689 injured and 1061 still missing. across the Philippines (Figure 1) and affected the lives of 16 million people, devastated a health system and • A reported 890 895 families (4 million individuals) were displaced. Of these 21 000 challenged every sector of the country.3 Regions 6, 7 families (100 000 individuals) were served and 8 – Western, Central and Eastern Visayas – were the inside evacuation centres. most affected (Figure 1). • There were 1.1 million damaged houses of which 551 000 were totally damaged, and the rest were partially damaged. As a result of Typhoon Haiyan, a national state of calamity was