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The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to be deeply concerned by the health situation of people living in the flood affected areas in the Horn of Africa. Since October, unusually heavy rains have caused major flooding in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The flooding is expected to continue, putting people's health at major risk. - In Chad, Refugees And Residents Face Health And Security Crisis By : Disasters News
The withdrawal from Abéché in eastern Chad of non essential United Nations staff, including those working for the World Health Organization (WHO), has left refugee and displaced populations and local communities facing a potential health crisis, WHO said today. - WFP Suspends Food Aid For 56,000 In Eastern Chad Amid Growing Violence By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that humanitarian operations in eastern Chad are becoming increasingly difficult, with periodic fighting forcing the agency to temporarily suspend all non-emergency activities in parts of the troubled region. - UNFPA Requests $20 Million To Assist Crisis-stricken Populations In 29 Countries In 2007 By : Disasters News
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting that international donors contribute $20 million for projects to address the urgent reproductive health needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and others affected by conflict or natural disaster. The aim is to prevent pregnancy-related deaths, HIV infection and the sexual violence that often accompany a crisis. - Health Targets For Improvement In The Developing World By : Disasters News
A challenge to researchers, funders, governments, aid agencies and investors around the world is set by the Global Health Diagnostics Forum in a Commentary in Nature this week. They argue that only by working together can new tools for diagnostics reach their promised impact on diseases in the developing world. - American Red Cross Responds To Typhoon In Philippines By : Disasters News
The American Red Cross has responded to Typhoon Durian, super-typhoon that swept across the Philippines late last week. - WFP And Islamic Relief In Joint Push To Help Poor And Hungry By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a landmark agreement with Islamic Relief Worldwide to increase cooperation on a diverse range of vital humanitarian operations delivering emergency food aid to the hungry and the poor. - WFP Helicopters Start Delivering Aid To Flood Victims In Southeast Ethiopia By : Disasters News
Two Mi-8 helicopters carrying emergency supplies have left to deliver humanitarian assistance to hundreds of thousands of people stranded by another spate of floods this month in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said. - Afghanistan: WFP In Race Before Winter Snows And Flooding By : Disasters News
Ahead of the winter freeze, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is racing to complete deliveries of food for impoverished - WHO And UN Need To Change The Way They Work To Address Africa's Problems By : Disasters News
Moving from small-scale success to sustainable health improvements in Africa will require effective cooperation between the UN's many agencies and other multilateral institutions, states an Editorial in The Lancet. - VHA Health Foundation Convenes First Disaster Preparedness Conference Exclusively For Hospital Leade By : Disasters News
Leaders of American hospitals from throughout the nation met here today for two days of talks with high-level health care and government officials on better preparing American communities to cope with the next inevitable disaster. - New Professional Journal Launched To Address Disaster And Emergency Medicine By : Disasters News
American Journal of Disaster Medicine, a new publication will start in 2006. This publication is an outgrowth of our Journal of Emergency Management and is designed to meet the formidable challenges faced by physicians and medical professionals in a post 9/11, Katrina world, according to publisher Richard A. DeVito, Jr. - National Plan To Ensure Disaster Medicine Training Is Funded By : Disasters News
A national plan to ensure disaster medicine training meets the needs of everyone working the front lines is underway, say recipients of a federal grant to fund the initiative. - Over 1,000 Families Find Hope Amidst The AIDS Pandemic In Rwanda And Uganda By : Disasters News
Approximately 1,050 families affected by HIV and AIDS in Rwanda and Uganda are on their way to becoming economically self-sufficient through Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) International's Village Model Program. - High Energy Biscuits Airlifted To Kenya To Feed 200,000 Flood Victims By : Disasters News
A Boeing 747 jumbo jet chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme landed today in Nairobi, delivering 94 metric tons of high energy biscuits from a depot in Brindisi, Italy, for hundreds of thousands of victims of Kenya's largest floods in years. - WFP Launches Major Air Operation For Flood Victims In Somalia, Kenya By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme has launched a regional air operation to provide fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to transport aid workers and humanitarian assistance to more than a million people in Somalia and Kenya hit by the worst floods in years. - Flooding Increases Humanitarian Needs In Somalia By : Disasters News
Heavy rains over the last few weeks have caused flooding of the Juba and Shebelle rivers in southern Somalia, bringing devastation to much of the surrounding areas and aggravating humanitarian needs in one of the most densely populated regions in the country. - Africa Developing Solutions For Fighting Disease And Improving Health, New WHO Report Finds By : Disasters News
The signs are everywhere, across the continent: Africa is finding African approaches to solving its health problems. - Catholic Medical Mission Board Announces Donation Of Lifesaving Pediatric Drugs By : Disasters News
Lifesaving pediatric antibiotics are on their way to more than 110,000 children in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Haiti through the Action for Family Health program, an initiative of the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). - CDC Response To Hurricane Katrina Detailed In Report By : Disasters News
CDC's response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was hampered by repeated changes in the line of command, which caused confusion, communications breakdowns and duplicative efforts, according to a report obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Young, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/16). - FDA's Dr. Boris Lushniak Receives AMA Award By : Disasters News
Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner for Counterterrorism Policy, in the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been honored by the American Medical Association (AMA) as the 2006 recipient of the Dr. William Beaumont Award in Medicine. - U.S. Provides Additional Emergency Food Assistance To Sudan By : Disasters News
The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will fund an additional $90.5 million in additional emergency food aid to help feed the most vulnerable people in Sudan. This donation comes in addition to previous contributions of $92.2 million in fiscal year 2007, bringing the total level of U.S. Government funding for the World Food Program (WFP) in Sudan and Eastern Chad to $182.7 million thus far this fiscal year. - Reliv Foundation Sends Free Nutritional Supplements To Under-Nourished Children In Mexico By : Disasters News
The Reliv Kalogris Foundation, a charitable foundation operated by Reliv International, Inc., has started providing free nutritional supplements to under-nourished children in Mexico, said R. Scott Montgomery, president of the foundation and senior vice president of worldwide operations for Reliv International. - UTSA Hosted International Conference On Disaster Preparation By : Disasters News
The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for the Protection of American Communities (IPAC), East Carolina University and U.S. Northern Command's Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HSDEC) teamed up to host the inaugural conference on "Preparing for and Responding to Disaster in North America," on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the UTSA Downtown Campus Buena Vista Building Assembly Room 1.138. - WFP Gives Urgent Help To Victims Of New Floods In Southeast Ethiopia By : Disasters News
With extensive flooding again hitting southeastern Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme said today it is working closely with the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that food aid urgently reaches tens of thousands of flood-affected people in the Somali region. - England Cricket Team And WFP Link Up To Bowl Out Hunger By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the England and Wales Cricket Board has joined forces in a dynamic new partnership which will endeavour to raise awareness about the scourge of global hunger. - Louisiana Tech Receives Award For Hurricane-Relief Efforts By : Disasters News
Louisiana Tech received has national recognition for its relief efforts following last year's hurricanes Katrina and Rita that devastated the Gulf Coast. - New Orleans Doctors Recount Katrina Experiences By : Disasters News
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, New Orleans hospitals were on the front lines of the crisis. In November's special issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS), the official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). - WFP Concludes Operation In Lebanon By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme today concluded a three-month successful operation in Lebanon to provide food assistance to over 810,000 Lebanese who were affected by the bombardment of Lebanon during this summer's Middle East crisis. - WFP Concludes Operation In Lebanon By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme today concluded a three-month successful operation in Lebanon to provide food assistance to over 810,000 Lebanese who were affected by the bombardment of Lebanon during this summer's Middle East crisis. - New Disaster-Preparedness Resource Provides Valuable Information For Pediatricians And Emergency By : Disasters News
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for Pediatricians. The resource is intended to increase awareness about the unique needs of children and encourage collaboration among pediatricians, state and local emergency response planners, health care systems. - Evacuation Processes During Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Lacked Planning By : Disasters News
Multiple, complex issues led to the poor evacuation response during Hurricane Katrina, says a new study. Researchers from Louisiana interviewed ten senior officials from New Orleans hospitals and reviewed published accounts of the experience. - Chemical Protective Gear Limits Exercise Capacity By : Disasters News
Respiratory and chemical protective equipment used by firefighters and military personnel significantly reduces exercise capacity, according to a new study. Researchers from Texas measured the effect of the equipment on 22, healthy, active-duty soldiers. - Hurricane Katrina Showed Link Between Social Inequality And Health By : Disasters News
Who lived or died in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was "more a reflection of available housing and transportation options, not biologic risk factors," say a group of social medicine scholars in their essay on why social medicine still matters. - Shortage Of Donations Impact Sahrawi Refugees In Algeria By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is facing increasing difficulties in providing food assistance to Sahrawi refugees living in remote camps near Tindouf in southwest Algeria - a concern also shared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). - Funding Shortage Edges Millions Of Southern Africans Into Food Crisis By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that a massive funding shortfall is forcing food aid cuts to as many as 4.3 million people across southern Africa who remain chronically vulnerable despite this year's reportedly good harvests across the region. - Authors Review Astrodome Medical Response To Hurricane Katrina By : Disasters News
The experience of setting up the "Katrina Clinic" at the Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex in Houston provides important lessons to cities planning a medical response to disasters and other large-scale emergencies, reports a paper in the September issue of the Southern Medical Journal (SMJ), official journal of the Southern Medical Association. - Iraq Lacks Facilities And Expertise In Emergency Medicine By : Disasters News
Doctors working in Iraq admit that more than half of the civilians killed could have been saved if better medical equipment and more experienced staff and were available. - Massive Aid Effort Contains Growth Of Malnutrition In Darfur By : Disasters News
Despite the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, a new United Nations assessment has found that overall malnutrition levels have mostly stabilized in 2006 and food insecurity has improved slightly thanks to a stronger international response to the suffering in Sudan's war-torn west. Crude mortality dropped for the third year running, but insecurity and lack of access to many Darfurians continued to cloud the aid picture. - Hospital Disaster Preparedness In Los Angeles County: Hospitals Equipped But Not Fully Integrating By : Disasters News
In an article in November's edition of the journal Academic Emergency Medicine, researchers from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) conclude that among hospitals in Los Angeles County, disaster preparedness appears to be limited by a failure to fully integrate interagency training and planning along with a severely limited surge capacity. - Family Planning Programs In The Fight Against Poverty By : Disasters News
"Today, on the UN's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we appeal to everyone to commit themselves to the fight against poverty," said Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in her opening address at the 5th International Dialog on Population and Sustainable Development. "Rapid population growth is triggering a spiral of poverty in poor countries. - Simulation In A Virtual Combat Environment Puts Surgical Skills To The Test By : Disasters News
Traditional medical training may not adequately prepare doctors in times of war. A unique study by human factors/ergonomics researchers in Norfolk, Virginia, concluded that virtual reality-based simulators can provide a safe venue for training military medical personnel in high-stress, high-workload conditions such as combat. The researchers will present their results on Friday, October 20, 2006, at the HFES 50th Annual Meeting at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel, which takes place October 16-20. - Jazz Pharmaceuticals Rushes Humanitarian Aid To Panamanians Suffering From Poisoning Outbreak By : Disasters News
Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has provided the Ministry of Health in Panama with a supply of Antizol(R) (fomepizole) injection to assist in the treatment of patients suffering from poisonings in that country. - Largest Trainload Of WFP Food In Years Leaves Lubumbashi In DR Congo By : Disasters News
A train loaded with a total of 587 metric tons of food aid left Lubumbashi in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo today, in what is believed to be the largest amount of food aid dispatched on a single train in the DRC in years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said. - World Food Day: Why Are There Still 400 Million Hungry Children? By : Disasters News
Speaking to mark the occasion of World Food Day on 16 October, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, James Morris, appealed to the developed world to give a fairer chance to the world's 400 million hungry children, many of whose lives are still blighted by malnutrition in the first few months after being born. - End Of Lean Season Presents No End To Child Suffering In The Sahel By : Disasters News
World Food Programme warned today that although households are restocking their granaries, millions of children across the region remain threatened by malnutrition. - Food Aid Reaches More People In Darfur Amid Growing Violence By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme has announced that in September, food rations reached more than 158,000 people in Darfur, western Sudan, who have been cut off in recent months. - After 30 Years, WFP Ends Food Aid To Angola By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme said today a lack of funding had prompted it to wind down all its food aid operations in Angola by the end of the year, after three decades of direct involvement in the country. - Hospital Receives 23 Patients After New York Plane Crash By : Disasters News
Twenty-three patients were taken to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center yesterday after a small airplane crashed into a 50-storey building on East 72nd Street, New York. - Bush, Blair And Howard Reject 650,000 Iraqi Deaths Estimate By : Disasters News
US President, George Bush, British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and Australian Prime MInister, John Howard, say the estimate of 650,000 Iraqi extra deaths since its invasion is inaccurate. - Samuel E. Molind, DMD, Receives 2006 AAOMS Presidential Achievement Award By : Disasters News
Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Samuel E. Molind of Bristol, TN, received the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' 2006 Presidential Achievement Award during the association's 88th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, October 3-7. - 654,965 Extra Iraqi Deaths Since War Started Says The Lancet By : Disasters News
If Iraq had not been invaded it is estimated that 654,965 people who died, would not have done so, according to an article in The Lancet, Thursday October 12, 2006. - Helping Lebanon's Recovery - Agriculture Has Been Hard-hit By Recent Hostilities By : Disasters News
The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) is currently helping Lebanon speed up the recovery of its agriculture sector, following recent hostilities, which had a devastating impact on the people and economy of the country. - WFP Opens Strategic Hubs To Augment Global Emergency Response By : Disasters News
Prompted by the magnitude and growing number of emergencies in recent years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a new humanitarian response "Network", with strategic hubs in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. - Preparing For Natural Disasters Forum November 3 To Be Hosted By Rutgers College Of Nursing By : Conferences News
Michael S. Beeman, national preparedness division director and acting director for response and recovery division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II. - Cisco Demonstrates Belgian Victim Tracking and Tracing System in University Hospital Antwerp By : Health News
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has showcased a new solution designed to simplify the registration and identification of casualties affected in a disaster situation. The solution, co-developed with AeroScout (www.aeroscout.com), CITS (www.citsolutions.be) and Intermec (www.intermec.be), Orion Health (http://www.orionhealth.com/) called BeViTTS (Belgian Victim Tracking and Tracing System). - One Year Later: American Red Cross Continues To Assist Survivors Of Earthquake In Pakistan By : Disasters News
One year after the 7.6 earthquake that destroyed parts of Pakistan and northern India leaving 74,000 lives lost and 3.5 million homeless, the American Red Cross continues to make a difference in people's lives through its efforts in emergency response, preparing the local population for another severe winter, and implementing a program to increase infant and mother survival. - Rising Tide Of Somali Refugees Strains Food Stocks In Kenya's Camps By : Disasters News
Somali refugees escaping the conflict between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Transitional Federal Government have pushed the number of refugees in Kenya to the highest level in a decade, threatening to exhaust food aid stocks unless urgent donations are made, the United Nations World Food Programme said today. - WFP Starts Food Airlift To Children In Eastern DRC, Amid Fears Of Funding Crisis By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme has said that it has recently started airlifting urgent food aid to at least 8,800 needy people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, although it has not yet received any funding pledges for next year's operations. - WFP And UNICEF Call On Congress: Help End Child Hunger Now By : Disasters News
The Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), James Morris, has sounded a call to action to end child hunger, describing the plight of hundreds of millions of poor, malnourished children who die, or fail to develop properly, as "an affront to conscience" - Suspension Of Aid Has Led To A Serious Deterioration In Access To Health Care For Palestinians By : Disasters News
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned about the deteriorating access to medical treatment for the population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in particular in the Hebron district in the West Bank. - Saudis Step In To Support WFP In Neglected West Africa By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme today welcomed a cash donation of US$10 million from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to its operations in West Africa, where many of the poorest people in the world are living under trying conditions. - U.S. Credibility On Darfur At Stake In Critical Week At UN By : Disasters News
As world leaders meet in New York this week to determine next steps on the Darfur crisis, Africa Action today questioned the commitment of the U.S. to breaking the current deadlock and leading new international action to stop the ongoing genocide. - Hospitals, Local Governments Have More Work To Do To Prepare For Disasters, Experts Say By : Disasters News
Hospitals and local governments since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been working to improve disaster preparedness and better equip their facilities to handle large surges of patients, though for "all the progress in improving readiness, experts warn that there is still a long way to go," the Wall Street Journal reports. - Virginia Tech Trauma Expert Crusades For Changes In Disaster Preparedness And Recovery By : Disasters News
A nationally known trauma expert and member of the research team that released the results of a comprehensive mental health study of Hurricane Katrina survivors suggests the publication of the findings is an excellent opportunity to make meaningful and lasting changes in disaster preparedness and recovery. - Katrina: One Year Anniversary - Environmental Protection Agency's Work By : Disasters News
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf coast of the southeastern United States, causing unprecedented damage from eastern Louisiana to near Mobile, Alabama, due to the high winds and storm surge. Over the past year, EPA has worked with Federal, State and local partners to assist in the recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. To date, EPA has: - Department Of Health Releases Guidelines To Help Doctors Screen And Treat Adults Exposed By : Disasters News
Today, the Health Department released updated clinical guidelines for New York City health care providers on how to treat adults exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster. The guidelines also recommend screening approaches to improve detection of illness possibly associated with WTC exposures. The guidelines are available online, and are being mailed out to all doctors and to other providers citywide. - Injured And Ill Children In Iraq Treated At U.S. Military Hospital By : Disasters News
Based on the experience of Air Force personnel at an expeditionary military hospital in Iraq, military hospitals should be prepared with the proper staff, training and equipment to treat injured and noninjured children who require medical care, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. - Schering AG Completes Reconstruction Projects In Indonesia And Thailand By : Disasters News
Since the tsunami natural disaster in December 2004, Schering AG (FSE: SCH, NYSE: SHR) and its employees have contributed more than EUR 400,000 for immediate and reconstruction aid in Thailand and Indonesia. - Anniversary Of Beslan By : Disasters News
MOSCOW -On the second anniversary of the Beslan tragedy, commemorative events are taking place in Beslan and across North Ossetia. Yesterday, UNICEF held an event entitled ‘Thank You to All Who Helped Beslan to Live through Grief'. The aim was to give children and families affected by the crisis the chance to express their gratitude to those who have helped them over the last two years. - UNICEF Regional Director Outlines Priorities As South Lebanon Moves Into Recovery Phase By : Disasters News
Restoring water and health services - and dealing with the menace of unexploded ordnance - will be UNICEF's priorities as humanitarian efforts gather pace in south Lebanon, according to UNICEF Regional Director, Omar Abdi. - Studies Look At Multiple Facets Of The Hurricane's Devastation By : Disasters News
In the year since Hurricane Katrina struck the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, scientists and engineers have examined the full breadth of the storm's aftermath--from levee failures and ecosystem damage to weather predictions and human responses in the midst of catastrophe. - US Donation Stems Cuts In Refugee Rations Worldwide By : Disasters News
With several of its refugee operations threatened by severe funding difficulties earlier this year, the United Nations World Food Programme today welcomed a cash donation of US$11.5 million from the US government's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. - MSF Scales Down Lebanon Activities As Acute Emergency Phase Ends By : Disasters News
The first Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team entered Lebanon on July 20, one week after the beginning of the conflict. The team rapidly grew, and a few weeks into the conflict 37 international and 63 national staff were working in Lebanon and Syria in nine areas: Beirut, Saïda (Sidon), Sour (Tyre), Jezzine, Nabatiye, West Bekaa, Aley, Baalbek, and Damascus. - In Darfur, Cholera Follows Reduction In Aid By : Disasters News
Eight people - including a child under five - have died from cholera in Mornay, western Darfur, in the last two weeks. The Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has already treated more than 60 patients. This tragic situation occurred after various aid agencies withdrew assistance to people living in the Darfur displaced persons' camps. - Palestinian Health Ministry In Financial Crisis, WHO Warns By : Disasters News
The Palestinian Health Ministry is facing a growing financial crisis as well as a humanitarian crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ahead of the Stockholm donor conference on the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The health component of the revised UN humanitarian appeal for the territory is critically underfunded despite growing humanitarian needs, especially in Gaza. - “Aid Snobbery” Hampering Projects In Developing Countries By : Disasters News
Snobbery over aid projects is preventing charitable groups from working together in developing countries, warns a doctor in this week's BMJ. - National Preparedness Month Kick-off: Groups Offer Tips For Emergency Water Storage By : Disasters News
Today the National Consumers League (NCL) and International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) kicked off September's National Preparedness Month by reminding consumers of the importance of storing clean, potable drinking water for emergency situations. In light of recent hurricane activity, as well as the anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, being mindful of water storage is more important than ever for consumers and their families in all parts of the country. - Federal Judge Orders NYC To Provide Food Stamps, Other Aid To Immigrant Women, Children Exposed By : Disasters News
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff on Tuesday ruled that the state and city of New York cannot deny food stamps and other aid to immigrant women and children who have experienced violence, the New York Times reports. The New York Legal Assistance Group and the Legal Aid Society -- representing a group of about one dozen women who were denied aid -- in December 2005 filed a lawsuit that seeks to give plaintiffs the money they allegedly are entitled to through their benefits. - WFP Food Distributed In Beirut's Battered Southern Suburbs By : Disasters News
Municipal workers today distributed food rations from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to vulnerable families in Beirut's southern suburbs where thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed in 33 days of conflict between Israel and Hizbollah. - Industry Provides Antibiotics, Heart Medicines And Painkillers Needed In Lebanon By Its Health By : Disasters News
In rapid response to urgent medical needs in the Lebanon, the researchbased pharmaceutical industry has donated antibiotics, heart medicines, painkillers and other treatments. Ahead of the international donors' conference in Stockholm to raise funds to help the Lebanon, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) today provided an overview of medical aid already furnished by its member companies. - World Food Programme To Distribute Aid To North Korea Flood Victims By : Disasters News
The World Food Programme confirmed today that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had agreed to accept assistance for victims of recent flooding in the country. The United Nations agency also pledged to promptly consider any requests from the government for additional support. - Boston Globe Examines Hospital System In New Orleans One Year After Hurricane Katrina By : Disasters News
The Boston Globe on Monday examined the hospital system in New Orleans one year after damage from Hurricane Katrina forced most facilities in the city to close. According to the Globe, the population of New Orleans has decreased by about half since the hurricane, but hospitals "are struggling to meet demand even in a much smaller city." Only three of the ten hospitals in New Orleans have reopened since the hurricane, and the city continues to lack a trauma center. - Health Affairs Web Exclusive Examines New Orleans' Health Care System One Year After Hurricane By : Disasters News
"Health Care in New Orleans Before and After Hurricane Katrina," Health Affairs: In a Health Affairs Web exclusive, Robin Rudowitz, principal policy analyst at the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of KCMU; and Adele Shartzer, a policy analyst at KCMU, examine Hurricane Katrina's effect on New Orleans' health care system. - Katrina Survey Shows Large Majority Now Have A Deeper Sense Of Meaning Or Purpose In Life By : Disasters News
According to the most comprehensive survey of people affected by Hurricane Katrina, the vast majority of pre-hurricane residents of the affected areas in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi experienced a significant loss in one or more of the areas of finances, income, and housing. More than one-third experienced extreme physical adversity and nearly one-fourth experienced extreme psychological adversity. - Katrina Survey Shows Large Majority Now Have A Deeper Sense Of Meaning Or Purpose In Life By : Disasters News
According to the most comprehensive survey of people affected by Hurricane Katrina, the vast majority of pre-hurricane residents of the affected areas in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi experienced a significant loss in one or more of the areas of finances, income, and housing. More than one-third experienced extreme physical adversity and nearly one-fourth experienced extreme psychological adversity. - Katrina Survivors Suffering Doubled Levels Of Serious Mental Illness Compared To Earlier Survey By : Disasters News
According to the most comprehensive survey yet completed of mental health among Hurricane Katrina survivors from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the proportion of people with a serious mental illness doubled in the months after the hurricane compared to a survey carried out several years before the hurricane. The study also found that thoughts of suicide did not increase despite the dramatic increase in mental illness. - New Study Reveals Lack of Confidence in Disaster and Information Availability Preparedness among U.S By : Health News
A new study commissioned by SunGard Availability Services and conducted by Harris Interactive(R) has uncovered a major confidence gap in disaster preparedness for the companies surveyed. The senior executive respondents say that, while their companies' ability to deliver continuous information availability during a disaster is getting better, they still cannot give their abilities a high grade. - Targeted Free Food Distributions Begin As Niger's Lean Season Bites By : Disasters News
The United Nations World Food Programme, together with the Government of Niger, will today begin targeted free distributions of staple foodstuffs to the most vulnerable people to ensure that they have enough food through this year's "lean season" currently underway. - Momentum Builds For UN Peacekeepers With New Darfur Draft Resolution By : Disasters News
As the security conditions on the ground in Darfur continue to decline sharply, the U.S. and the U.K. moved forward last week with the introduction of a draft resolution at the United Nations (UN), and last Friday U.S. assistant secretary for African affairs Jendayi Frazer was sent as an envoy to Khartoum. The UN resolution proposes the authorization for deployment to Darfur of up to 17,300 peacekeepers and up to 3,000 other personnel. - WFP Warns Of Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation In Gaza By : Disasters News
Ahead of an international donor conference this week on the reconstruction of Lebanon in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the situation in Lebanon must not be allowed to overshadow the rapidly deteriorating living conditions of the people in Gaza. - Hurricane Katrina Provided Opportunity For Health System Overhaul, HHS Secretary Leavitt Says By : Disasters News
HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on Wednesday said New Orleans has a "green-field opportunity" to rebuild its health care system from the ground up, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Leavitt was in New Orleans to meet with a task force of 40 city, state and private health experts who will develop plans for the new system, which are due to Leavitt on October 20. - Findings Of The Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group By : Disasters News
Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group Survey Findings
INITIAL FINDINGS DISCUSSED WILL CONCERN:
* Recollection of Evacuation preparations
* Post-evacuation stressful experiences
* Current practical problems and proposed solutions
* Rating the helper agencies and organizations - WFP Says Ethiopia Flooding Far From Over: 118,000 Affected By : Disasters News
With heavy rains continuing to pound much of Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that 118,000 people - with hundreds killed or missing - have been hit by devastating floods in the past month and warned that the numbers of displaced, homeless and severely affected could rise further. - Reconstructing Tuberculosis Services After Major Conflict: Experiences And Lessons Learned By : Disasters News
A qualitative study of re-introduction of tuberculosis services in East Timor in 1999 after a period of civil conflict, published in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine, concludes that coordination, cooperation, and collaboration contributed to the success of the services. - World Bank Supports India's Health Sector - $672 Million To Focus On Women, Children By : Disasters News
The World Bank approved a US$672 million package of assistance to India's health sector, designed to improve reproductive and child health services, reduce mortality and morbidity due to tuberculosis, and increase utilization of essential health services in the State of Karnataka. - Ethiopia Flooding Far From Over: 118,000 Affected, World Food Prgramme By : Disasters News
With heavy rains continuing to pound much of Ethiopia, WFP has said that 118,000 people - with hundreds killed or missing - have been hit by devastating floods in the past month and warned that the numbers of displaced, homeless and severely affected could rise further. - Soccer Star Ronaldinho Honored As PAHO Champion Of Health By : Disasters News
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today honored Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho for his humanitarian contributions and support of the Organization's initiatives to increase vaccination coverage throughout the Americas with Vaccination Week in the Americas, and to reduce youth violence through awareness campaigns. - Federal Report Calls For Changes In Procedures For Evacuating Nursing Home Residents During Disaster By : Disasters News
The emergency evacuation plans of nursing homes located in the Gulf States during four hurricanes within the past year met federal and state regulations but had a number of problems, according to a report issued on Friday by HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson, the New York Times reports. For the report -- requested by Sen.
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