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30 Jan 2004

Afghanistan + 33 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 5 of 2004

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— World Food Programme


This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iran, (2) Afghanistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) Burundi, (2) Eritrea, (3) Ethiopia, (4) Kenya, (5) Republic of Congo (RoC), (6) Rwanda, (7) Sudan, (8) Tanzania, (9) Uganda

C) West Africa: (1) Liberia, (2) Côte d'Ivoire, (3) Guinea, (4) Sierra Leone, (5) Chad

D) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Lesotho, (4) Madagascar, (5) Malawi, (6) Mozambique, (7) Namibia, (8) Swaziland, (9) Zambia, (10) Zimbabwe

E) Asia: (1) Myanmar, (2) DPRK

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25 Jan 2004

Bolivia + 6 others
ODPC-WFP Emergency Situation Report on Latin America and the Caribbean 25 Jan 2004

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— World Food Programme
(Extract)
BOLIVIA

1) Significant Events

On 9 January, the most intense 14-hour rainfall of the last 60 years left approximately 240mm of water over the city of Trinidad, capital city of the department of Beni. The storm flooded more than 90% of the city, affecting some 45,000 people. WFP and UNICEF joint assessment mission reported that among the most affected are 12,000 people -of which 5,500 are children.

Some 11,316 persons (1,886 families) victims of the floods are still living in 35 shelters in the city of Trinidad.

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17 Oct 2003

Afghanistan + 21 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 42 of 2003

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— World Food Programme
This report includes:
A) Middle East and Central Asia: (1) Iraq, (2) Afghanistan

B) East and Central Africa: (1) DR Congo, (2) Burundi, (3) Uganda, (4) Sudan, (5) Eritrea, (6) Djibouti, (7) Ethiopia

C) West Africa: (1) Liberia, (2) Côte d'Ivoire

D) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Angola, (3) Zambia, (4) Malawi, (5) Zimbabwe, (6) Mozambique, (7) Lesotho, (8) Madagascar

E) Asia: (1) DPR Korea

F) Latin America and the Caribbean: (1) Bolivia, (2) Colombia, (3) El Salvador, (4) Haiti

From David Morton, Director of the Transport,

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25 Aug 2003

Colombia + 2 others
Cost-effective Puerto Rico model to reduce dengue transmission

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— Pan American Health Organization
Washington, DC, August 25, 2003 (PAHO) - A study published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health said that larval control programs to reduce dengue epidemics that costs $2.50 per person should be considered as cost-effective.
This was a key conclusion of a research study and analysis done in Puerto Rico by K. John McConnell of the Oregon Health and Science University and Duane J. Gubler of the Centers for Disease and Prevention's National Center for Infectious Diseases.

The findings are published in the latest edition of the journal.

McConnell and Gubler said that in Puerto

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08 May 2003

Honduras
Honduras: Appeal No. 01.21/2002 Annual Report

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— IFRC
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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org
Appeal target: CHF 990,225; Appeal coverage: 66.4%

Overall analysis of the programme

A major achievement in 2002 is the development of a planning environment within the Honduran Red Cross (HRC) which has now permeated the organizational culture. The national development

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29 Apr 2003

El Salvador
El Salvador: World Vision and the Network of Risk Management work together to prevent disasters

Report
— World Vision
As part of the Program of Prevention, Emergency and Rehabilitation (PER), the Risk Management Network in which World Vision actively participates, held a vital meeting to revise the proposed Law of Prevention and Mitigation of Risks and Disasters in El Salvador.
Lidia Castillo, director of the Center of Protection for Disasters (CEPRODE) said, "We trust that with this law there can be management with a vision of risk, and that at the same time generate development projects in the communities, based on the mitigation of the risks."

The other topic covered at the meeting

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21 Jan 2003

El Salvador
El Salvador: Sickness and dengue taunts El Salvador's young

Report
— World Vision
Salvadorian children are not only suffering from dengue, but increasing cases of vomiting and diarrhoea. Health authorities are carrying out studies to confirm whether the Rotavirus (a virus that remains in water and air) is causing the sickness.
According to data handled by the children's hospital Benjamin Bloom, approximately 30 to 40 cases of children suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea arise daily. Rotavirus, which causes rapid dehydration, affects very young children and may result in death.

There have been no reported cases of

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18 Dec 2002

El Salvador
El Salvador: Donativo de medicamentos para el combate del dengue

Report
— Government of El Salvador
Embajada de la Rep=FAblica de El Salvador, Brasilia, D.F., Brasil - La Embajada de El Salvador en Brasil, informa que la Rep=FAblica Federativa del Brasil colocó a disposición del Gobierno de El Salvador, 400,000 comprimidos, en concepto de donativo, para el combate del dengue, siendo estos:

1. Cloro quina compuesto - 150 mg - 200,000 comprimidos;
2. Prima quina compuesto - 15 mg - 200,000 comprimidos;

Gestiones emprendidas por la Embajada de El Salvador, en coordinación y con ayuda de la Organización Panamericana

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07 Nov 2002

Brazil + 8 others
The dengue burden: Analyzing its social, economic and epidemiological trends

Report
— Pan American Health Organization
Washington, DC, November 7, 2002 (PAHO) -- Dengue has become a major international public health problem, with a dramatic expansion in recent decades. The mosquito that transmits dengue is found in nearly 100 tropical countries. Every year, there are between 50 and 100 million new infections, with 250,000 to 500,000 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal. In view of the difficulties and the expenditures faced by countries with national programs to fight the mosquito, a vaccine against dengue would offer a possible speedy solution to control the problem globally.
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05 Nov 2002

Honduras
Honduras: Casos sospechosos de Dengue Hemorrágico según departamento

Report
— Comisión Permanente de Contingencias
Actualizado al 5 de Noviembre 2002

Departamento
Casos
Francisco Morazán
1064
Cortés
505
La Paz
71
Choluteca
50
Olancho
106
Valle
6
El Paraiso
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21 Oct 2002

Honduras
Honduras: autoridades de COPECO ejecutaran programa de capacitación en comunidades vulnerables de la mosquitia

Report
— Comisión Permanente de Contingencias
Un programa de capacitación que incluye medidas de prevención y respuesta ante las emergencias ocasionadas por fenómenos naturales pondrá en marcha la Comisión Permanente de Contingencias, COPECO, en las comunidades vulnerables de La Mosquitia así lo informó el Comisionado Nacional de este organismo Luis Gómez a los miembros de los Comités de Emergencia Municipal de Brus Laguna, Puerto Lempira y Mocoron, luego de una visita que realizó a esa área del país.

Aunque dichas comunidades cuentan con una organización local, que les ha permitido identificar algunos sitios

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16 Oct 2002

Honduras
Honduras: Appeal No. 01.21/2002 programme update No. 02

Report
— IFRC


The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org
Appeal Target: CHF 990,225
Beneficiaries/target groups (if available):
Period covered: 1 May - 31 August 2002
Last Programme Update (no. 1) issued 21 June 2001

IN BRIEF

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09 Oct 2002

Honduras
Honduras: Casos sospechosos de dengue hemorrágico según departamento

Report
— Comisión Permanente de Contingencias
Actualizado al 09 de Octubre 2002

Casos sospechosos de dengue hemorrágico seg=FAn departamento

MUERTOS

Francisco Morazán: 11
Cortes: 2
Choluteca: 1
Santa Bárbara: 1
Copán: 1
La Paz: 1

TOTAL: 17

REPORTE A NIVEL NACIONAL

Región Sanitaria
Dengue Clásico
Dengue Hemorrágico
Metro ( 9 )
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30 Sep 2002

Costa Rica + 5 others
Central America Appeal No. 01.19/2002 programme update No. 02

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— IFRC
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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org
Appeal Target CHF 3,890,674 Revised to CHF 2,816,156
Period covered: I May - 31 August 2002
Last Programme Update (no. 1) issued 14 June 2002

IN BRIEF

Appeal coverage: 84% (Revised budget)
Related Appeals: 01.18/2002: Pan American Disaster Response Unit;

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30 Sep 2002

Burundi + 8 others
Emergency Preparedness and Response Highlights No. 8

Report
— World Health Organization
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HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE
Since fighting began (19 September 2002) between rebel forces and the Government of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, more than 270 people have been killed, approximately 300 wounded, and hundreds displaced. In a recently held inter-agency coordination meeting -- lead by WHO -- the following main points of intervention were identified and included in a common Contingency Plan:
  • Improve access to health care for IDPs;
  • Management of wounded;
  • Promotion of hygiene in the IDP camps;
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22 Aug 2002

El Salvador
Dengue fever hits El Salvador

Report
— IFRC
From Federation News 17/02
Every year dengue fever affects hundreds of people in El Salvador during the rainy season that lasts from May to October. This year, the number of dengue cases have been running at more than double the 2001 case-load, triggering a state of emergency in four of the country's departments. During the last five weeks, Salvadorian Red Cross youth volunteers recruited through school hygiene committees have targeted some 70,000 homes to eradicate breeding places for mosquitoes which spread the deadly virus. "We try to keep the school and our houses
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20 Aug 2002

Honduras
El dengue remite en Honduras tras dejar 15 víctimas mortales y 19.000 afectados

Report
— ActionAid
Ayuda en Acción mantiene las campañas de sensibilización y prevención para evitar un rebrote de la epidemia
Los =FAltimos informes remitidos por las autoridades sanitarias hondureñas muestran que la epidemia de dengue ha empezado a remitir. Tras ocho meses en los que se ha detectado 19.683 casos de dengue clásico, la incidencia de la enfermedad ha disminuido en todo el país. Especialmente significativo es el caso de la capital del país, Tegucigalpa, donde los casos de esta variedad han disminuido en un 44% en la =FAltima semana. A pesar de este descenso, Ayuda en Acción mantiene
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16 Aug 2002

El Salvador + 2 others
Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala: Dengue fever Information Bulletin No. 1/2002

Report
— IFRC
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: None
This Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.

The Situation

Dengue fever is a viral disease spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes; it is particularly prevalent in Central America during the rainy season (May to October) and symptoms include bleeding of the nose, mouth and gums, accompanied by high fever. Haemorraghic dengue fever can be fatal.

As of late June, outbreaks of dengue

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12 Aug 2002

Honduras
Dengue outbreak threatens thousands in Honduras

Report
— Catholic Relief Services
Baltimore, August 9, 2002 - Heavy rains and sanitation problems across Honduras have led to the proliferation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which transmits dengue fever. This year has seen more than 16,000 reported cases of the disease - with the potentially lethal hemorrhagic strain occurring in almost 1400 people. In July, the government of Honduras declared a state of emergency. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is working with local officials on interventions to assist in combating the outbreak.
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