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Addressing a press briefing held at his office yesterday Minister De Silva said that at present there are 75 doctors (including 10 specialist doctors) and 90 nurses serving the welfare villages. OIC of IDP Healthcare Dr. Isara Kottegoda said that…

COLOMBO, 24 August 2009 (IRIN) - Sphere standards at internally displaced persons (IDO) camps in northern Sri Lanka are being undermined due to overcrowding, say aid workers. The Sphere Project, a collaboration of international NGOs and the Red Cross Movement…

The Health Ministry has provided adequate health facilities to all Internally Displaced Persons in welfare camps,Health and Nutrition Minister, Nimal Siripala De Silva claimed. All children have been vaccinated with necessary vaccinations early this month as special medical teams dispatched from…

The government's eventual goal is the resettlement of IDPs in the areas in which they originally resided, said Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, addressing the parliament yesterday, Aug. 20. The Minister said this process requires ensuring that the…

Heavy seasonal rains have caused flooding in parts of the largest IDP camp in Menik Farm, with unconfirmed reports suggesting that as many as 12,000 IDPs may have been impacted. Zone IV is reportedly the worst affected area due…

This report was issued by OCHA Sri Lanka and has been compiled with contributions from OCHA Field Office and humanitarian partners in Vavuniya. It covers the period from 18 to 21 August 2009. I. Situation Overview Heavy rains between 14…

The International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank will provide concessionary additional credit of Rs. 2,760 million for Health Sector Development Project (HSDP) with particular emphasis on the special health needs in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Rs. 1,380…

The government has afforded the best of healthcare to inmates in welfare camps in the North,Health sources noted. The provision of medical facilities at hand has prevented diseases being spread,they claimed. He said communicable diseases such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, typhoid and…

I. Situation Overview & highlights TRINCOMALEE - On 3 August, the Muttur District Secretariat released a phased resettlement plan for all remaining people displaced in 2006/07 in Batticaloa District, who are returning to Trincomalee. It is expected that 429 will have…