Informes

U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response (BHR) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Colombia - Earthquake Fact Sheet #5, Fiscal Year 1999 Background: On January 25, 1999 at 1:19 p.m. EST, the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 6.0 on…

Ref. OCHAGVA - 99/0012 Central America - Hurricane/Tropical Storm Mitch OCHA Situation Report No. 17 4 February 1999 Unmet requirements in the Departments of Nueva Segovia and Madriz in Nicaragua 1. A seven-person Inter-Agency mission (OCHA, UNDP, UNICEF, PAHO/WHO) is currently undertaking a review…

News Release ROME -- The United Nations World Food Programme will conduct a major emergency operation in Colombia to feed 115,000 people left hungry and homeless by a powerful earthquake near the western city of Armenia, WFP officials said today. With…

WASHINGTON -- Ongoing U.S. assistance for countries affected by Hurricane Mitch will include a high-level trade mission for business executives, and technical aid to improve weather forecasting, Commerce Secretary William Daley said February 3. A team of Commerce Department experts who…

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Regional Office for the Americas WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION NEWS RELEASE Washington, DC, February 4, 1999 - Pan American Health Organization officials are working directly with Colombians to improve sanitation and provide health care to people affected by the earthquake,…

ORGANIZACION PANAMERICANA DE LA SALUD Oficina Regional Para las Americas ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DE LA SALUD COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Washington, DC, 4 de febrero de 1999 -La respuesta de la comunidad internacional, el apoyo interno y la colaboración de tecnología especializada y de…

It's Colombians, generous to a fault. Reported by Philip Maher, World Vision aid worker Colombia, I am told, is an extremely violent place which has helped give it the dubious title, the kidnap capital of the world. But as the Colombian…

As Colombia digs out, a new worldwide network emerges to help nations limit the toll of temblors. Peter N. Spotts (pspotts@pspotts@nasw.org), Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor To Swiss-based geophysicist Domenico Giardini, one of the enduring lessons from last week's…

For more information see <http://www.paho.org/english/ped/pahorep.htm> or <http://www.paho.org/spanish/ped/pedearthquk.htm> Eight days have passed since the 6.0 magnitude earthquake serriously affected the towns of Pereira and Armenia in Colombia's coffee-growing region. To date, the following has been reported: AFFECTED POPULATION: *Homeless: 30,042 families (approximately) DAMAGES TO…

Washington, 3 de febrero, 1999-La Organización Panamericana de la Salud está buscando unos $30 millones para proyectos regionales de salud, nutrición y alimentación para ayudar a los países centroamericanos afectados por Mitch, dijo la Dra. Irene Klinger, Jefe de la…