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March 6, 2002

 

"Liberia: UNICEF Responding to Crisis, Airlifts Relief Items to Liberia" Africa News Service (www.allafrica.com) (03/04/02)

 

Thirty-five tons of emergency relief supplies--including vaccines, high protein biscuits, emergency health kits, and plastic sheeting--have been shipped to Liberia by UNICEF following the displacement of more than 75,000 Liberians due to ongoing fighting in the country.  The supplies cost about $190,000 and are being distributed by UNICEF and its partners where they are most needed.  Speaking at a recent news conference, UNICEF Liberia representative Cyrille Niameogo noted an increase in vaccine-preventable disease among those displaced, who are mostly women and children under the age of five years, and he said that UNICEF will spend about $600,000 on continued relief supplies and education about health and sanitation.

 

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