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Author Topic: PAHO: NOTRUF für BAHAMAS, TURK und CALCOS nach Hurrikan Irene!  (Read 2970 times)

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PAHO: NOTRUF für BAHAMAS, TURK und CALCOS nach Hurrikan Irene!
« on: September 01, 2011, 01:59:12 PM »

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Thu, September 1, 2011 18:56

PAHO calls for assistance for Bahamas and Turk and Caicos after Hurricane Irene

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
http://www.paho.org

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION                                                 
http://www.who.int

VENTANA DE LOS CIELOS FOUNDATION
News and public information
Press release

PAHO calls for assistance for Bahamas and Turk and Caicos after Hurricane Irene

Bahamas, September 1, 2011 (PAHO/WHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and The Bahamas and Turk and Caicos health authorities are launching an appeal for international assistance to help 220,000 people, that were affected by Hurricane Irene last week.

The goal of this appeal is to reduce the public health impact of Hurricane Irene on the affected population of these islands.

Around 15 of 69 health facilities in the Bahamas have reported damage, some of them severe. To date, communications could not be restored with at least 10 facilities. According to the health authorities, the disruption in primary health care due to the loss of communication and the suspension of activities is a factor that needs to be recovered and reinforced, especially in vulnerable communities.

In both Turk and Caicos and Bahamas, there are a significant number of vulnerable communities, predominantly Haitian nationals, that have poor housing infrastructure, no toilet facilities, no running water and crowded living conditions. It has been estimated that there are around 100,000 Haitians nationals in the Bahamas islands.

In addition, Hurricane Irene stuck in the midst of an already raging dengue epidemic. The capacity to conduct disease surveillance and outbreak management was already overstretched due to a lack of human resources and vector control activities such as fogging are limited as proper equipment and experts are needed.

The appeal aims to mobilize $400,000 to address all these challenges. The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation has already release $ 80,000 to help The Bahamas.

Although the Bahamas has a high GDP, inequities affect mostly the immigrant populations, as well as the elderly and people of low socio-economic status, who have been the more affected by Hurricane Irene.


Contact:
PAHO Office in Bahamas:
email: E-mail[ätt]bah.paho.org
Tel: 001-242 326-7299;
       001-242 326-3390;
       001-242-325-0121 
Fax:001-242 326-7012

Sonia Mey,
PAHO/WHO,
Media, Public Information
525 23rd St., NW,
Washington, DC 20037
United States
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