Rapports

The UK has just announced about $500,000 (Taka 3.4 crore) contribution to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) for treating people with diarrhoea. This will help ICDDR,B treat 1000 patients a day with saline, antibiotics and provide…

(PORTLAND, ORE. - Aug. 22, 2007) As the Bangladesh death toll from recent flooding climbs to nearly 600 people, Medical Teams International is deploying a Battleground, Wash., paramedic and a staff doctor to help thousands of families struggling in the…

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SINGAPORE, 21 AUGUST 2007. Severe devastation has been caused by the recent flooding in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The Singapore Government has provided US$80,000 through the Singapore Red Cross Society for relief operations in the…

Disease outbreak situation: From 30 July to date (21 August 2007), 85133 cases with 17 deaths from diarrhoea have been recorded from the flood affected areas in Bangladesh. (Case Fatality Rate = 0.02%). The following 2 tables show detailed statistics. DGHS…

L'eau continue de reculer au Bangladesh après les terribles inondations survenues à la fin du mois de juillet. Mais pour les populations touchées, la situation demeure critique. L'accès à l'eau et à l'hygiène est toujours limité et les risques…

Dhaka, August 21, 2007 - CARE is calling for more support from international donors to deal with the ongoing flood crisis - considered the worst in recent memory - in Nepal, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The floods, triggered by…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (August 21, 2007) CARE warned today of a new humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of flooding across South Asia, unless action is taken immediately against waterborne diseases. Health authorities in Bangladesh are reporting between 900 and 1,000 new…

HOLAN, 21 August 2007 (IRIN) - For 10-year-old Yasmin and her eight-year-old brother Rabbi, nothing will keep them from their studies - not even this year's worse than average monsoon rains. Each day they make the perilous 20-minute journey through flooded…

Current Situation: Monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate elsewhere over North Bay. The Brahmaputra-Jamuna is likely to start falling from tomorrow. Another spell of flood is not expected. The Ganges-Padma may continue go up further…

Singapore Red Cross is in correspondance with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies (IFRC) and is monitoring the situation. SRC will not be soliciting for public funds at this juncture. However, it will still be accepting…