Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of March 19, 2010) Allocated 4,361,900 Ordered 3,587,500 Shipped 3,583,320 * The above table represents H1N1 vaccine allocation for the 10 million people in Illinois who live outside the city of Chicago. Chicago receives an H1N1 vaccine allotment for its3 million residents[Read More…]
Science
H1N1 Flu: Situation Update, March 19, 2010
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2010. Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of March 7-13, 2010, most key flu indicators remained about the same as during the previous week. Below[Read More…]
On Visit to Haiti, Senior UN Official Lauds Progress of Cash-For-Work Scheme
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 March 2010 – A senior United Nations official has lauded the progress achieved by the men and women of Haiti involved in the cash-for-work programme, which was identified as one of the priority activities in the early recovery agenda following the 12 January earthquake. The programme, coordinated by[Read More…]
MADRE to Haiti Donors: Respect Women’s Human Rights in Recovery Policies
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010. In advance of a crucial donors’ conference on Haiti, 300 organizations today joined together and submitted a two-page letter of principles to participating states. MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, participated in this effort to ensure that human rights principles are embedded in the international[Read More…]
Haiti: US$65 Million Grant to Restore Key State Functions and Infrastructure
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010 – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$65 million project to support the recovery of Haiti’s critical infrastructure as well as the reestablishment of basic State functions following the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010. This is part of a US$100 million[Read More…]
ANF Haiti Disaster Relief Fund
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The American Nurses Foundation (ANF), the charitable and philanthropic arm of American Nurses Association (ANA), is pleased to join the international nursing community to help rebuild the nursing infrastructure in Haiti through the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The massive earthquake in Haiti has affected countless[Read More…]
Film Screening ‘A Chemical Reaction’ Saturday, March 20
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The film ‘A Chemical Reaction’ will be screened on Saturday, March 20 at 3 p.m. at Columbia College’s Ferguson Auditorium 600 S. Michigan, Chicago. ‘A Chemical Reaction’ explores how the elimination of lawn pesticides transformed one community in Canada, and how their actions impacted the[Read More…]
Chile Earthquake: ‘There Are Still Cries for Help’
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010. The international humanitarian organization CARE continues to assist in the relief efforts in Chile that killed 507 people in the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27, 2010. The quake was followed by a 2.3-meter tsunami that crashed into Chile’s coast, causing further[Read More…]
Head of UN Agriculture Agency Helps Launch Haiti’s Spring Planting Season
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2010 – The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has helped kick off Haiti’s spring planting season, distributing seeds, fertilizer and tools to farmers in a village near the epicentre of January’s devastating earthquake. “Agriculture is the lifeblood of this country,” FAO Director-General[Read More…]
Tent Schools Provide a Refuge for Quake-Affected Haitian Children
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2010 – In and around Haiti’s devastated capital city, UNICEF-supported ‘tent schools’ are opening for children affected by the 12 January earthquake. I recently visited one of these temporary schools. It was housed in a former sports centre – now acting as a displaced persons camp –[Read More…]
