Reports

Care international Liberia Assessment visit to WHO The Care International Liberia Assessment Team ( James davis and Bennett Pafford) visited WHO Office at 9:00 am. They were received by the WR, Dr. Omar Khatib. Care International is an emergency response and…

Security In the meantime access to the rest of the country remains very difficult. On Tuesday morning 19 August 2003, a joint UN security mission left for Bo Waterside on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, to assess the…

Launched on 25 February 2003 for 3 months for CHF 176,000 (USD 129,793 or EUR 120,206) to assist 50,000 beneficiaries. Budget was revised on 15 March 2003 to CHF 229,000 (USD 168,880 or EUR 156,420). Appeal coverage: 105% Disaster Relief Emergency…

Continuing its emergency health assistance to war-displaced people in and around Monrovia, World Vision has opened a 24 hours clinic to cater to some 480 orphans of the Barnersville-based Fatima Cottage Mission at the YWCA Compound in Congo Town,…

There were five activities for the day namely 1. WHO Staff meeting 2. A WATSAN Monitoring Team Meeting 3. UN Mission to LURD-held areas, South-Western Liberia 4. Assessment of Data on the Cholera situation 5. Humanitarian Coordination Meeting WHO Staff meeting There was a WHO normal…

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone has reported one confirmed case and 45 suspected cases of yellow fever in Tonkolili district. A joint investigation mission from the Ministry, WHO and UNICEF took place 7-10 August and samples collected…

Monrovia, Liberia - Caritas Liberia, the relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in Liberia, is working on getting health clinics and centres in the diocese of Monrovia up and running again after most had been looted by…

Madrid, 19 de agosto de 2003 - Tras varios días de espera y preparación el equipo de Cáritas Internacional que evaluará la situación en Liberia ha llegado a Monrovia. Con el equipo de Emergencias de Cáritas Internacional, ha llegado el…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Jesuit Refugee Service robbed/threatened at gunpoint On Sunday evening during mass (6:30pm) 8 JRS expatriates were held at gunpoint in their Bujumbura residence (Gatoke neighbourhood) by six men (including a driver and look-out person) aged 20-40 years, and wielding…

The WHO team in Monrovia is continuing to assess the cholera situation, visiting cholera treatment centres and sanitation and water facilities. Data on the number of cases and deaths is very difficult to obtain (see previous report ). There have been…