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In brief This annual report focuses on the work of the Asia Pacific zone office in 2010 to provide leadership and guidance to IFRC efforts to increase the impact of Asia Pacific national societies’...
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CONTEXT The Pacific region features among the most disaster prone regions in the world in terms of recurrence, severity and scope of hazards, with high exposure to cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis,...
Updated January 31, 2011 18:22:13 An Australian Red Cross nurse and aid worker says it's frustrating seeing people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province dying of a preventable disease like cholera. ...
PNG correspondent Liam Fox There's been a sharp rise in the number of cholera infections in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby. Health authorities have revealed there were 295 serious cases of...
Australia + 13 more
This report covers the period 1 July to 31 December 2010. Programme summary: Red Cross National Societies are community-based organizations. Support to improving the functioning of local Red Cross...
Period covered by this update: Update till the 30 May 2010 Summary: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) extension was granted...
The cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea has now affected almost 3,000 people. The PNG Health Department believes this latest outbreak has been sparked by unhygienic conditions in coastal villages...
DARU, 23 November 2010 (IRIN) - Health workers have set up oral rehydration salt (ORS) tents and a cholera treatment centre on this tiny island in western Papua New Guinea, all the while advising...
Australian Government AusAID Media Release MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS KEVIN RUDD The Australian Government is providing additional assistance to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to respond to the outbreak of...
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS - KEVIN RUDD The Australian Government is providing comprehensive emergency support to the Government of Papua New Guinea, in response to a confirmed outbreak of cholera...
PORT MORESBY, 11 November 2010 (IRIN) - Cholera has spread to the coastal town of Daru in Papua New Guinea (PNG)'s Western Province - close to Australia - claiming 16 lives and hospitalizing...
Updated November 11, 2010 09:25:42 The deaths of more than a dozen children following an outbreak of cholera on one of Papua New Guinea's Torres Strait Islands has raised concerns that the disease...
Australia will provide $50 million to churches in Papua New Guinea over six years to deliver critical health and education services to the poorest, most disadvantaged and remote people of PNG. These...
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The cholera epidemic in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, is getting worse. At least seven people have died and there are now said to be as many as 600 suspected cases that have been detected...
Health officials in Papua New Guinea say they are concerned about a lack of government support in dealing with the latest cholera outbreak. Seven people have died and there are more than 570...
Papua New Guinea's Minister of Health says he is confident the cholera outbreak in Port Moresby is under control. Authorities declared a public health emergency last week after five people died. The...
Liam Fox, Port Moresby Cholera has spread to Papua New Guinea's capital and killed three people. After spreading across PNG's north coast over the last 10 months, cholera has arrived in Port Moresby,...
World + 10 more
This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2009 In brief Programme summary: The Pacific region experienced both large and small disasters in 2009. In the first two months of the year,...
Updated April 21, 2010 08:18:24 The number of people infected with cholera in Papua New Guinea is continuing to rise. The World Health Organisation says since the outbreak began in August, 60 people...
