UNDRO 89/1498
BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
19 JULY 1989

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODS IN MARGINS. LATEST CASUALTY FIGURES AT LEAST 49 DEAD.

2. CASUALTY FIGURES BREAKDOWN AS FOLLOWS IN MOST AFFECTED STATES:

STATES	NO. DEAD	HOMELESS	CITIES AFFECTED
CEARA	6	3,175	7
PERNAMBUCO	7	7,637	29
ALAGOAS	36	39,850	34
SERGIPE	-	1,285	9

3. CIVIL DEFENSE CARRYING OUT RELIEF ACTIVITIES PROVIDING FOOD, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER RELIEF ITEMS.

4. UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUEST TO LAUNCH APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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UNDRO 89/1578

BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.2
28 JULY 1989

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS RAIN HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN ALL STATES EXCEPT ALAGOAS.

2. IN ALAGOAS, AROUND 6,200 HOUSES HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DESTROYED, WHILE 2,500 ARE PARTIALLY DAMAGED.

3. GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTING TO VICTIMS,196.4 TONS OF FOOD, 6,200 MATRESSES, 6,200 BLANKETS.

4. CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE INFORMATION REPORT NO.1, 19 JULY)

GOVT.		US DLRS
GERMANY, F.R	200 ROUND TENTS, 5,000 BLANKETS, 1,000 SQUAREMETERS PLASTIC SHEETING	76,923

5. SO FAR, UNDRO HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUEST TO LAUNCH APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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UNDRO 89/1690

BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO.3
14 AUGUST 1989

1. PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION (PAHO) REPORTS FOLLOWING INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM LOCAL GOVT IN ALAGOAS STATE IN NORTHERN BRAZIL: 500,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED, 40,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS, 50 PEOPLE DEAD AND MANY PERSONS STILL MISSING.

2. GOVERNMENT HAS FORMALLY DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ALAGOAS REQUESTED EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

3. GOVT IN ORDER TO REDUCE RISKS OF WATER BORNE DISEASES AND LEPTOSPIROSIS INFECTIONS, WHICH STRUCK DURING LAST FLOODS, REQUESTED URGENT PROVISION OF FOLLOWING DRUGS AND MEDICAMENTS.

ESTIMATED
DRUGS & MEDICAMENTS	QUANTITIES	COST IN US$
DISPOSABLE SYRINGERS	50,000 UNIT	33,750
NEEDLES 13X13	50,000 UNIT	9,250
TINCTURE OF IODINE 2%	30 UNIT	369
RINGER LACTATO BOTTLE 500ML	200 UNIT	292
SALBUTANOL 2MG (TABLET)	5,000 UNIT	2,050
SOL. FOR DIALYSIS 15% 1,000ML	100 UNIT	258
FUROZEMIDA 40MG (TABLET)	1,000 UNIT	240
MEBENZADOL 100MG (TABLET)	5,000 UNIT	1,650
METOCLOPRAMIDA ORAL (TABLET)	2,000 UNIT	220
TIABENDAZOL - CREAMA	200 UNIT	654
TETRACICLINA 230MG (CAPSULE)	5,000 UNIT	1,700
AAS 100MG (TABLET)	10,000 UNIT	600
DEXAMETAZONA ELIXIR BOTTLE	200 UNIT	170
CLICOSE 25% CRUETS	1,000 UNIT	520
PENICILIN G BENZATINA 6,000,000 UI - AMP.	3,000 UNIT	3,030
PENICILIN G PROCAINA 400,000 UI - AMP.	2,000 UNIT	1,760
PENICILIN BENZATINA 1,200,000 UI - AMP.	1,000 UNIT	1,370

4. UNDRO MONITORING SITUATION AND IN CONTACT WITH UN SPECIALIZED AGENCIES. DONORS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY. PREFERABLY BY TELEX 28148 UNDR CH, FAX 41-22-7335623, OR UNIENET UNDROREG UNX008 OF CONTRIBUTIONS WITH INDICATION OF VALUE PER ITEMS.

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UNDRO 89/1743

BRAZIL - FLOODS
UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO.4
23 AUGUST 1989

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN ALAGOAS STATE, NORTHERN PART OF BRAZIL, RECEIVED FROM BRAZILIAN CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: A) RAIN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THROUGHOUT STATE. B) 28,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS AND 35 PEOPLE DEAD WHILE 6,700 HOUSES DESTROYED AND 7,750 HOUSES PARTIALLY DAMAGED. C) 44 CITIES AFFECTED FROM WHICH 38 DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY.

2. GOVT DISTRIBUTED 208 TONS OF FOOD FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE. UNTIL AUGUST 4, FEDERAL GOVT BUDGETED NCZDLR 3,350,000 (EQUIVALENT TO USDLR 1,340,000) TO LOCAL GOVT IN ORDER TO ASSIST VICTIMS.

3. CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE SITUATION REPORTS NO.3, 14 AUGUST)

IGO		US DLRS
CARITAS GERMANY	CASH DM 50,000 THROUGH CARITAS BRASILEIRA	26,596

4. UNDRO CONTINUES MONITORING SITUATION AND IN CONTACT WITH UN SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

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