Informes

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY: A UN task force composed of ten UN agencies and international financial organizations has been formed to help stimulate recovery and rehabilitation in Central America in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. At its first meeting at…

EL SALVADOR: Cholera: As of November 20, the Ministry of Public Health has reported six cases and one death (San Alejo, La Union). V. cholera 01 El Tor Oswaga has been isolated in one case. Of the six reported cases,…

Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0350 Report of USG Vieira De Mello on his visit (8-13 November) to disaster-affected countries 1. The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, USG Vieira de Mello visited areas devastated by the effects of Mitch and the shelters set…

Tegulcigalpa/Sydney Contrary to reports in international media, the bodies of the three people on board a helicopter that went missing in Honduras last Monday were not retrieved from the sea by villagers in Punta Piedra. Today, a search operation…

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has begun airlifting emergency food aid to tens of thousands of people in northeastern Honduras who have been isolated in their remote communities since Hurricane Mitch struck. The food arriving in the…

By Eric Holt Gímenez Hurricane Mitch may be the most devastating ecological event to occur in the history of Central America. This is because human impact on the isthmus over the last century transformed the original, heavily forested landscape into…

As a group of Bishops prepare to travel to Central America with Trócaire next Monday, they have expressed the hope that the current impasse on Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) will be resolved by their return from the disaster zone. Bishop…

Le Canada s'engage à verser un montant de 100 millions de dollars au cours des quatre prochaines années pour aider à la reconstruction de l'Amérique central. Lesfonds proviennent de l'enveloppe d'aide publique au développement. Ils seront consacrés à la…

This report includes: A) Central America: Hurricane Mitch B) Somalia C) Sudan D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, DR Congo and Congo Brazzaville E) Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Nutritional Survey. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical…

Bay Area Doctor Returns from Honduras Los Angeles, CA -- Dr. Suzan Goodman, an American physician, returns tonight from a 10 day stay in Honduras, where she has been saving lives as part of International Medical Corps' (IMC) medical mission…