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UN
CONTINUES AIDING TSUNAMI-HIT SOLOMON ISLANDS, BUT SOME AREAS STILL OUT OF
REACH (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
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But
the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
said radio contact has been largely
re-established to affected areas and the
threat posed by communicable diseases
has been brought under control, with few
reported cases of diarrhoea and
surveillance systems in place to handle
any outbreak of malaria.
Providing
shelter and helping the thousands of
newly displaced persons to return to
their home areas remain the biggest
challenges, OCHA said in a press release
issued in New York.
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The Solomon Islands estimate that at least 35
people died and more than 9,000 others were affected by the tsunami, with some
1,500 people needing urgent assistance. Many people are camping on hillsides,
afraid to return to their coastal homes because of frequent tremors since the
original quake.
The
tsunami struck the Solomon Islands – and parts of neighbouring Papua New
Guinea – on 2 April after an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale
which struck 345 kilometres northwest of Honiara, the capital of the South
Pacific nation.
One
of the hardest-hit towns is Gizo, where tanks and water pipes need urgent repair
after suffering damage. The quake and subsequent landslides have also damaged
many water sources. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
has sent tens of thousands of packets of oral rehydration salts, while several
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are also operating in Gizo or surrounding
areas.
UNICEF,
the World Health Organization (a href="http://www.who.int/countries/slb/en">WHO)
and the Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Health have planned a measles vaccination
campaign for Monday, and repairs are continuing at the Gizo hospital.
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