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Haiti Earthquake: WHO provides essential medicine supplies

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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics

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United Nations, New York, 22 January 2010 - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that despite difficulties in coordinating the delivery of aid and medical services, the organization is able to provide essential medicine supplies to health facilities in Haiti.
Nurses are particularly needed to help patients recover from operations they have undergone. Many people in Haiti are also said to be suffering from chronic diseases, like HIV/AIDS, diabetes and cancer, need to have their routine care resumed. 

Medical teams in Haiti are mostly responding to trauma injuries, wound infections, obstetric emergencies and malnutrition and disease control. According to WHO, Malnutrition is also a major concern and breastfeeding has become an important source of nutrients for infants during times when food is not readily available.

There are at least 18 health facilities, including nine field hospitals, functioning and providing a wide range of health services. WHO is distributing health care providers with medicines from the national central drug store in Port-au-Prince and has sent additional drugs and supplies to treat tens of thousands of people. 

Dr. Henriette Chamouillet, WHO's Country Representative in Haiti, said that WHO has been able to equip these health facilities with badly needed medicine, health equipment and other health items. 

WHO coordinates the work of the Health Cluster comprising of 55 NGOs, international aid groups, partner countries and other UN agencies. The cluster has been established to support Haitian authorities in their bid to save lives, heal the wounded and deliver emergency health care

Source: UNIFEED, MINUSTAH

News story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=91&Body=Haiti&Body1=

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