NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2010 – A working group comprising United Nations experts has been created to look into the situation of Haitians with disabilities, who have been disproportionately affected by January’s catastrophic earthquake. Today’s announcement comes after a group of UN human rights experts last month appealed for the needs[Read More…]
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UN Secretary-General Meeting with Leaders in Quake-Ravaged Chile
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet today with Chilean President Michele Bachelet and President-elect Sebastián Piñera, who takes office on 11 March, as part of a two-day visit to see the earthquake damage and assess how the United Nations can help. Mr. Ban will express his[Read More…]
Illinois Weekly H1N1 Activity Information Estimates, Marh 5, 2010
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of March 5, 2010) Allocated 4,465,700 Ordered 3,586,300 Shipped 3,582,120 * 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…]
H1N1 Flu: Situation Update, March 5, 2010
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 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 February 21 -27, 2010, most key flu indicators remained about the same as during the previous week.[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Haitians Facing ‘Intolerable Breach of Human Dignity’
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–4 March 2010. Colette Gadenne, who has been managing Doctors Without Borders/Médecins San Frontières (MSF) activities in Haiti over the last few weeks, and Christopher Stokes, General Director of MSF in Brussels, recently returned from Haiti. Almost two months after the devastating earthquake, they gave their views on the situation[Read More…]
Oxfam Team Assesses the Damage in South Chile
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–4 March 2010. Oxfam’s assessment of the damage of Saturday’s earthquake to the south of Chile is now well underway. The aid agency’s team of logisticians and water engineers split in two and headed for two locations – Constitución and Concepción. Both teams are assessing the damage by talking to[Read More…]
UN Chief Heads to Chile to Show Solidarity, Assess Post-Quake Aid Effort
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Chile later today to express his solidarity with the country’s Government and people in the wake of the recent earthquake and to assess the humanitarian assistance effort. The Government estimates that nearly 800 people were killed and 2 million[Read More…]
USGS Scientists, Research Help Haiti Reconstruction
Reston, VA–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. USGS scientists are helping Haitians lay the groundwork for reconstruction and long-term earthquake monitoring in the wake of the Jan. 12, 2010, magnitude-7 earthquake, by providing geologic research that will assist with the establishment of new building codes in the country. “USGS research will contribute to[Read More…]
March Update: Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund Fact Sheet
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)3’s on the[Read More…]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders Expanding Post-Operative Services in Response to Growing Need
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–03 March 2010. Seven weeks after the earthquake of January 12 left up to 300,000 people injured, medical needs remain immense in Haiti. “The immediate emergency phase may be over, but the long-term work is just beginning, and it’s no less an emergency,” said MSF Haiti Head of Mission Karline[Read More…]
