Reports

General Situation The inter-Agency and NGOs mission to Harper has ended its assessment and is now returning to Monrovia. Preliminary findings show that the situation is relatively calm. The airstrip and port remain in good working order, although there is…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field GENERAL SITUATION Ecomil troops managed to deploy outside Monrovia at the end of last week, but renewed fighting between Liberian government troops and the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) delayed the deployment…

General Daily reports of very low intensity fighting in the country continue. Over the past week there have been reported hostilities in the town of Kakata. This fighting has caused some movement of an unknown number of internally displaced people and…

GENERAL SITUATION Monrovia continues to be relatively calm although there have been reports of skirmishes in other parts of the country. The UN has continued to expand its humanitarian operations. On 12 September, using a WFP boat an inter-Agency mission…

Population Indicators: Total population in thousands (2001): 1,227 Population under 18 in thousands (2001): 612 Population under 5 in thousands (2001): 215 Annual number of births in thousands (2001): 55 Nutrition Indicators: Infants with low-birth weight (1995-2000): 20% Children exclusively breast-fed (<6 months): 37% Breastfed…

1. WATSAN ACTIVITIES A Meeting has been held on Saturday 13, September 2003 between WHO/Consultant and the new UNICEF/Consultant on WATSAN. UNICEF informed WHO of the following: UNICEF is conducting a project on hygiene education and want collaboration…

I. GENERAL SITUATION Despite renewed fighting this week in northeastern Liberia (Kakata and Salala) the overall scope of humanitarian operations continues to extend beyond Monrovia, as far south as Harper for the first time since May this year, close to…

The ICRC inaugurated a water-supply system on 10 September in Uvira, South Kivu province, after two years of work to improve the water supply for 15,000 people. The gravity-fed system serving Uvira's Kalundu neighborhood dates from 1958. In 1991 it…

WHO STAFF MEETING Staff were informed that Bopolu and Lofa Bridge Health Centers reopened yesterday There was briefing on the update of the CAP APPEAL development Other administrative issues were discussed WATSAN ACTIVITIES Mass Chlorination of Wells in Monrovia 1. The 2nd round of…

The ICRC inaugurated a water-supply system on 10 September in Uvira, South Kivu province, after two years of work to improve the water supply for 15,000 people. The gravity-fed system serving Uvira's Kalundu neighborhood dates from 1958. In 1991 it…