Rapports

ORGANIZACION PANAMERICANA DE LA SALUD Oficina Regional para las Americas ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DE LA SALUD COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Washington, 17 de diciembre de 1998 -- La lucha contra enfermedades transmisibles como el cólera, la malaria y el dengue y la reconstrucción de…

United Nations, 17 December 1998 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator James Gustave Speth launched five new projects in Central America this week to help Honduras and Nicaragua recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch. Mr. Speth…

On December 10-11, 1998 in Washington DC, Canada joined other donor nations at a meeting convened by the Inter-American Development Bank which focused on the extent of the damage caused by the hurricane and assessed the long-term reconstruction needs.…

-A Project Impact public-private team made up of FEMA and Bell Atlantic experts to travel to Central America next month. Washington December 17, 1998 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James L. Witt announced that FEMA will put its expertise at…

"It didn't mean very much until I saw houses with mud up to their roofs; sugar cane that before Mitch was just ready to be harvested -- now only a few centimetres visible above the mud layer." German Tegucigalpa…

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Regional Office for the Americas WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Washington, Dec. 16, 1998 - Fighting communicable disease such as cholera, malaria and dengue, and rebuilding the health, water and sanitation systems so they will be less vulnerable to disasters…

New York, Dec. 16, 1998 -- New medical freight costs and additional relief cargoes bring the total value of Lutheran World Relief's aid for survivors of Hurricane Mitch to $944,000. The assistance is largely health kits, quilts, clothing and…

appeal no. 33/98 situation report n. 6 period covered: 26 November - 14 December The Federation's operations in the four countries most affected by Hurricane Mitch are now in full swing. Food distributions are under way, emergency water units are providing…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - COMSAT Corporation donated mobile satellite phones and service to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to provide voice and data…

The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James Gustave Speth, on Monday launched two projects worth a total of $29 million to help Honduran communities devastated by Hurricane Mitch. One project, worth $26 million, will help reconstruct homes and…