IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Geneva - Monsoon floods in the north of Sri Lanka have affected more than 370 000 people, with 71 000 being displaced, the United Nations said."The number of affected population has increased as some areas were previously inaccessible and new information is now being received," said Elisabeth Byrs of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Hardest hit is Jaffna, with...
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... will continue to contribute to the escalation and spread of the outbreak," said OCHA spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs. Cholera is now hitting the whole of eastern Zimbabwe and spreading, she said, as UN humanitarian agencies aim to ensure delivery of medical supplies, clean drinking water and water purification kits. Byrs said basic hygiene kits comprising a bucket or jerry can,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... the outbreak," said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs. Cholera is now hitting the whole of eastern Zimbabwe and spreading, she said, as UN humanitarian agencies aim to ensure delivery of medical supplies, clean drinking water and water purification kits. Zimbabwe belatedly changed its tune Thursday and asked for international...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... the outbreak," said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs. Cholera is now hitting the whole of eastern Zimbabwe and spreading, she said. UN humanitarian agencies are working on the ground to ensure the delivery of medical supplies, clean drinking water and water purification kits. The Red Cross said it is giving food to hospital...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... will continue to contribute to the escalation and spread of the outbreak," said OCHA spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Text Size: The United Nations says the number of deaths in Zimbabwe since August from a cholera outbreak has increased by 19 and the disease has spread to more than half of the country.Elisabeth Byrs from the U.N. humanitarian coordination office says the number of deaths is now 313, up from 294.She says a total of 7,283 cases have been counted between the end of August and Nov. 20, with...
