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These were the main activities for the day: WHO Staff meeting Epidemics Control Sub-committee meeting Updates on Cholera Meeting with UNICEF Representatives Humanitarian Coordinating meeting WATSAN Committee meeting. WHO STAFF MEETING This week began with the daily WHO staff meeting at 08.15 to review and update the…

I. GENERAL SITUATION The Special Humanitarian Coordinator has pursued discussions with government and rebel forces in Liberia to promote safe and unhindered access to areas outside Monrovia. Since the signing of an agreement between the UN and the signatories to…

Humanitarian Activities 1. EU grants Burundi 172 million euro aid package The European Union signed a deal Wednesday [20 August] granting Burundi 172 million euros (218 billions Burundi francs) in aid over four years. A total of 115 million euros of…

There were two main activities. Action Plan Sub-committee meeting Humanitarian Coordinating meeting ACTION PLAN SUB COMMITTEE MEETING The Action Plan Sub-committee met at 8.00 am to review the plan for extension of health humanitarian activities to Tubmanburg, Buchanan, Kakata, Totota and Salala corridors.…

There were four activities namely: Action Plan Sub-committee meeting Cholera follow-up Activities Humanitarian Co-coordinating meetings Trip to Salala IDP Camp Action Plan Sub-Committee Meeting UN / NGOs Health Sector Action Plan subcommittee met to review the drafted Health Partners Emergency Response plan. This meeting was…

The major activities for the day include: WHO staff meeting UN / NGOs Health sector Coordination meeting Humanitarian coordination meeting WHO STAFF MEETING The Agenda for the UN/NGOs Health Sector Committee meeting was finalized. WHO Representatives to all Regular and scheduled sectoral meetings were approved. WHO Representatives…

For the first time in nearly two months, Redemption Hospital - the only public hospital serving the over one million residents of the Liberian capital of Monrovia - reopened its doors on Wednesday, August 20. By Kris Torgeson "A pregnant woman…

(Minneapolis, MN) August 22, 2003 - A team of humanitarian workers from the American Refugee Committee (ARC) will be traveling to Liberia to conduct an assessment of needs in the wartorn country. Among the mission participants are a volunteer…

"We hope and pray that peace has finally come to Liberia," said Wubeshet Woldemariam, Liberia country director, in the first all staff meeting since the war hit the capital, Monrovia. In his remarks, he applauded the IRC's national staff,…

General Situation The atmosphere in Monrovia is characterized by insecurity and tension. Streets are crowded with hundreds of people leaving the capital's refugee and internally displaced persons camps in order to return to their home towns. Yet, there are still…