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Peru

Monitoring Emergencies: Peru - 02/10/2017: Army Hospital to be mobilized for flood

Relief assistance will be coordinated through the Ministry of Health; in addition, a Navy rapid mobile deployment unit will provide shelter to the health personnel. 7,684 relief assistance personnel have been deployed to attend the emergency in the country, including 3,011 volunteers from the Ministry of Health and 3,388 members of the armed forces to assist the population affected by the floods. (OS: MINDEFENSA)