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W.H.O. seeks USD 4 mn aid to help storm victims in Haiti
Dharam Shourie
New York, Sept 13 (PTI) With around 800,000 people
affected by successive tropical storms in Haiti, the World
Health Organisation (W.H.O.) and partners say they urgently
need USD 4.2 million to provide health care to the victims.
Extreme natural events (hurricanes and flooding) during
August and September, have killed at least 300 people in
Haiti, damaging health facilities and displacing thousands.
Of those affected, 52 percent are estimated to be women
and 36 percent children. Elderly people and pregnant women
are among the most vulnerable needing care, as are patients
with chronic disease and those being treated for HIV and
tuberculosis, W.H.O. said.
W.H.O. is seeking USD 1 million to coordinate the
health sector response to implement an epidemiological
surveillance system and early warning and control measures to
prevent the spread of communicable diseases, such as malaria
and dengue fever.
A further USD 3.2 million is being sought for urgent
health projects by W.H.O. partners, including U.N.I.C.E.F. and
U.N.F.P.A.
The priorities include ensuring continued access to
health care of the most affected population, providing
nutritional support for 250,000 childbearing age women, 40,000
pregnant women and 130,000 children aged under five years and
ensuring treatment for people with chronic diseases.
"W.H.O. and its health partners have helped Haitian
authorities provide emergency medical care where access is
possible," said Dr Henriette Chamouillet, W.H.O.'s
representative to Haiti.
Floods have severely affected several Haitian health
facilities, such as hospitals in Gonaive, Port de Paix and Les
Cayes, as well as various health centers.
"The situation is particularly serious in Gonaives,
where parts of the city remain under water, people have taken
refuge in shelters and there is no access to some communities
outside of the city."
The world body is sending staff from its Geneva
headquarters to Haiti to provide logistics support, including
ensuring medical supplies are delivered to communities cut off
by flood waters.
"W.H.O.'s objectives are to ensure access to health care
is continued at pre-storm levels and to prevent the outbreak
of communicable diseases," said Dr Eric Laroche, Assistant
Director-General for W.H.O.'s Health Action in Crises Cluster.
"To do this, we will continue to ensure close
institutional and technical coordination with the multiple
actors working in the health sector."
New York, Sept 13 (PTI) With around 800,000 people
affected by successive tropical storms in Haiti, the World
Health Organisation (W.H.O.) and partners say they urgently
need USD 4.2 million to provide health care to the victims.
Extreme natural events (hurricanes and flooding) during
August and September, have killed at least 300 people in
Haiti, damaging health facilities and displacing thousands.
Of those affected, 52 percent are estimated to be women
and 36 percent children. Elderly people and pregnant women
are among the most vulnerable needing care, as are patients
with chronic disease and those being treated for HIV and
tuberculosis, W.H.O. said.
W.H.O. is seeking USD 1 million to coordinate the
health sector response to implement an epidemiological
surveillance system and early warning and control measures to
prevent the spread of communicable diseases, such as malaria
and dengue fever.
A further USD 3.2 million is being sought for urgent
health projects by W.H.O. partners, including U.N.I.C.E.F. and
U.N.F.P.A.
The priorities include ensuring continued access to
health care of the most affected population, providing
nutritional support for 250,000 childbearing age women, 40,000
pregnant women and 130,000 children aged under five years and
ensuring treatment for people with chronic diseases.
"W.H.O. and its health partners have helped Haitian
authorities provide emergency medical care where access is
possible," said Dr Henriette Chamouillet, W.H.O.'s
representative to Haiti.
Floods have severely affected several Haitian health
facilities, such as hospitals in Gonaive, Port de Paix and Les
Cayes, as well as various health centers.
"The situation is particularly serious in Gonaives,
where parts of the city remain under water, people have taken
refuge in shelters and there is no access to some communities
outside of the city."
The world body is sending staff from its Geneva
headquarters to Haiti to provide logistics support, including
ensuring medical supplies are delivered to communities cut off
by flood waters.
"W.H.O.'s objectives are to ensure access to health care
is continued at pre-storm levels and to prevent the outbreak
of communicable diseases," said Dr Eric Laroche, Assistant
Director-General for W.H.O.'s Health Action in Crises Cluster.
"To do this, we will continue to ensure close
institutional and technical coordination with the multiple
actors working in the health sector."
