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28 Mar 1991

Colombia
Colombia - Cholera Mar 1991 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 91/0592
COLOMBIA - CHOLERA
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
28 MARCH 1991

1. FROM 10 TO 26 MARCH 1991, SIX CHOLERA CASES CONFIRMED IN TOWN OF TUMACO, 560 KM SOUTH WEST OF BOGOTA. FOUR ADDITIONAL CASES CONFIRMED ON 27 MARCH IN SAME TOWN. NO DEATHS REPORTED.

2. MINISTRY OF HEALTH DECLARED RED ALERT ON PACIFIC COAST TO STRENGTHEN EVALUATION AND CONTROL MECHANISMS. HEALTH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM DISPATCHED TO TUMACO.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 414242 DRO CH

DPR 310 COL'91 (2)

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19 Mar 1991

Ecuador
Ecuador - Cholera Mar 1991 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 91/0560
ECUADOR - CHOLERA
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
19 MARCH 1991

1. GOVERNMENT DECLARED STATE OF HEALTH EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF EL ORO AND LOJA, BORDERING PERU.

2. GOVERNMENT, WITH CO-OPERATION WHO/PAHO AND UNICEF, UNDERTOOK URGENT MEASURES TO AVOID SPREADING OF DISEASE, INCLUDING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TESTS, IMPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICINES, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND TRAINING. THANKS TO THESE MEASURES, EPIDEMIC MAINLY CONFINED AT THIS STAGE AT FOCI IN EL OROPROVINCE.

3. FOLLOWING AN URGENT GOVERNMENTAL

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18 Mar 1991

China
China - Hailstorms Mar 1991 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDRO 91/0552
CHINA - HAILSTORMS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
18 MAR 1991

1. UNDRO/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE IN BEIJING REPORTS STRONG WINDS WITH HAIL-AND-RAINSTORM STRUCK HUNAN PROVINCE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 MARCH 1991. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATES FOLLOWING DAMAGE: 69 PEOPLE DIED, 1,000 PEOPLE INJURED WITH 300 HOSPITALIZED, 1,500 LIVESTOCK KILLED, 19,000 ROOMS DESTROYED AND 260,000 DAMAGED. 500,000 HECTARES OF CROPS DAMAGED WITH DECREASED OUTPUT BY 80 PERCENT TO 280,000 HECTARES. ECONOMIC LOSSES ESTIMATED TO 28 MILLION USD. GOV DISPATCHING

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15 Mar 1991

Malawi
Malawi - Floods/Landslides Mar 1991 UNDRO Situation Reports 1-4

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 91/0543
MALAWI - FLOODS
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
15 MARCH 1991

1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN MALAWI REPORTED THAT ON 11 MARCH 1991 FLASH FLOODS STRUCK SOUTHERN MALAWI NEAR PHALOMBE AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO HOUSES, CROPS, BRIDGES AND TELEPHONE LINES. ACCESS AND COMMUNICATION TO AFFECTED AREA DIFFICULT.

2. BY 14 MARCH, DEATH TOLL ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 500. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DISPLACED BY DESTRUCTION OF HOUSES AND BEING SHELTERED IN SCHOOLS AND AGRICULTURAL TRAINING CENTRE.

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