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UNICEF Cyclone Pam Humanitarian Situation Report 6, 19 March 2015

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Highlights:

  • Initial assessment reports confirm destruction ranging from 20 to 90 per cent of houses, schools, clinics, churches and crops.

  • UNICEF Child Protection, WASH, Education and Cold Chain experts participating in multi-sector assessments.

  • UNICEF staff who are part of the first joint rapid assessment team to reach Tanna Island, have conducted initial assessment of all schools.

  • Schools are scheduled to restart on 30 March. UNICEF is establishing temporary learning spaces and delivering school supplies.

  • UNICEF-supported measles, polio and tetanus immunisation campaign continues in Port Vila and Efate.

  • Joint Statement for Appropriate Infant Feeding in Emergencies, signed by UNICEF, WHO and MoH, has been distributed.

  • Supplies delivered to Tuvalu, for onward distribution to remote affected islands

  • UNICEF WASH & other supplies are on their way to Temotu province, the most affected areas in the Solomon Islands.