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 WHO provides efforts to rehabilitate Ethiopian people
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Dr.Abdullahi Mohamed (Deputy Editor Geeka Afrika
Online)
Djibouti (HAN) September 1, 2006
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WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo talks with
the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
U.S.
Senator Barack Obama, right, is dressed as a Somali
Elder by Sheikh Mahmed Hassan, left, during his visit to
Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya, near the
borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. The area is at the
epicenter of a severe drought that has hit the Horn of
Africa region, after erratic and insufficient rains
during the April-June season
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WHO provides efforts to rehabilitate Ethiopian people
Djibouti (HAN) September 1, 2006 - The World Health Organization pledges to provide support for the ongoing efforts to rehabilitate people displaced by the recent flood in different parts of the country. It also calls the international community to provide additional support for flood affected people in Ethiopia.
Speaking to journalists after holding talks with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi here on Thursday, WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo said the international community should supplement the efforts of the Ethiopian government and people to tackle the problems the disaster posed on those affected population.
The Regional Director expressed heart-felt sympathy for victims of the flood, and said WHO would soon deploy a task force that would assess the situation of the affected population and provide necessary medicines and other supplies.
Dr. Sambo said Prime Minister Meles' contribution to the recently opened 56 th WHO Africa Regional Conference was taken as a valuable guiding document for the works of the Regional Office.
Dr. Sambo also said Ethiopia's health strategy particularly that of the primary health care could be exemplary to other countries.
Prime Minister Meles on his part expressed gratitude to WHO for organizing the Regional Conference in Addis Ababa, and added that Ethiopia attaches due significance to the conference as it entertains a host of ideas valuable for both Ethiopia and other African countries.
Ethiopia would be at the forefront to implement the agreements and decisions passed at the conference, Meles said, and commended the WHO Country Representative for his efforts to assist Ethiopia in the health sector.
Authority commences registration of companies importing liquid freight vehicles.
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Senator visits flood displaced town of Dire dawa
Djibouti (HAN) September 1, 2006 - Sen. Barack Obama,
visited a sprawling tent camp in eastern Ethiopia on Thursday for people displaced by devastating floods earlier this month, saying the U.S. military will continue to help the region.
U.S. Navy personnel began relief operations two weeks ago in the eastern town of Dire Dawa, where the first flash floods ripped through the town on Aug. 6. In eastern, southern and northeastern Ethiopia, flooding caused by the heavy rains has killed more than 600 people and displaced tens of thousands of people, according to U.N. officials.
"The next order of business is to make sure these families are taken care of," said Obama, who is on a five-country tour of Africa. "But this shows what kind of role the U.S. military can play."
U.S. naval engineers, who are part of the anti-terror Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa based in neighboring Djibouti, set up 60 enormous canvas tents that are housing 2,700 people. The tents are furnished with straw mats and basic necessities.
Sanitation facilities were built with the help of the Ethiopian Red Cross. Already, 150 people have died of waterborne diseases and 12,000 have been infected, according to relief organizations.
"This is a wonderful thing that the U.S. military has done," said Mohammed Noor, who is living in the tent city. "We lost everything by the waters that washed away our home."
Dire Dawa is 310 miles east of Addis Ababa. LES NEUHAUS.
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