This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2007 of a two-year planning and appeal process.

In brief

Programme summary: The National Societies of central Europe, as part of their health and care activities, set the prevention of HIV and TB as high priorities. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies supported the transfer of skills and knowledge by ensuring that professional medical experts, health institutions, Red Cross volunteers and targeted direct beneficiaries were involved in all phases of the project planning, implementation and

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In Brief

Period covered by this Final Report: 27 February to 24 April, 2006.

History of this Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)-funded operation:

- CHF 131,250 allocated from the Federations DREF on 27 February 2006 to respond to the needs of this operation, or to replenish disaster preparedness stocks distributed to the affected population.

Note: Map production date estimated

Belgrade, April 25, 2006 - State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry of Health Nevena Karanovic stated today that in seven flood-stricken districts in Serbia health centres are working 24 hours a day but so far no mass intestinal infections have been recorded.
At a press conference held at the Serbian Health Care Institute Milan Jovanovic Batut, Karanovic said that towns in imminent danger of floods are Beocin, Sabac and Indjija in the Southern Banat, Macva and Srem districts respectively. The conference concerned the results of epidemiological and sanitary surveillance in endangered

Belgrade, April 21, 2006 - Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Ivana Dulic-Markovic said that according to first estimates, nearly 220,000 hectares of land and 3,000 houses are reported flooded in Serbia.

The water level of the Tisa River in Hungary is growing and said that dikes on this river were enforced so that they can resist further water flood increase by 50 centimetres, the Minister said.

She also warned that the Sava River is on the growth near Sabac and that services in charge must be on alert as long as there is a danger from floods.

Geneva, 20 April 2006
ROMANIA - General Situation

Just a few days before celebrating Orthodox Easter many parts of Romania are still recovering from last years' floods that claimed scores of lives and destroyed houses, farmland and infrastructure worth hundreds of millions of dollars. A new calamity is now sweeping across 14 southern Romanian districts. The river Danube, swollen by heavy rains and melting snow following a harsh winter, is now flowing at a record of 16,000 cubic meters/second causing havoc in the southern Romanian provinces.

In Romania's western county of Timis,

BELGRADE, Apr 19, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Serbia-Montenegro said on Wednesday that it would cooperate with its neighbors Hungary and Romania in flood protection as the three countries have been plagued by the yearly flooding.

In a meeting held in Novi Sad of northern Serbia, Serbia- Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic discussed the flooding problem and the joint regulation of the Tisa river flow with his Hungarian counterpart Ferenc Somogyi and Romanian counterpart Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, the official Tanjug news agency reported.

The three foreign ministers agreed that

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In Brief

This DREF Bulletin (no. MDRKV001) is being issued based on the situation described below, reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 131,249.48 (USD 102,538.66 or EUR 84,677.08) was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to respond to the needs of this operation and to replenish disaster preparedness