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Chile earthquake
10 March 2010 -- The Félix Bulnes Hospital, in the capital Santiago, has been closed due to severe damage, but other hospitals in the area, plus a field hospital donated by Brazil, are helping ensure emergency health needs are being covered. WHO is also deploying engineers to assess the structural safety of health facilities.
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10 March 2010 -- HAC has provided US$50,000 to WHO Uganda to help procure urgently needed medical supplies to respond to the health needs of several landslides caused by heavy rains that started 25 February. Additional support will be needed to treat the wounded, prevent disease and coordinate the health response. As of 9 March, at least 92 people have been confirmed killed in a massive landslide that occurred 1 March in Bududa District in eastern Uganda and up to 350 people are missing.
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Latest information - 10 March 2010
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Situation report - 5 March 2010
Tajikistan
12 March -- A new US$1.5 million project to make 16 health facilities and the staff working in them better able to deal with humanitarian crises is being rolled out along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. Japan is funding the project, which is being implemented by WHO and French NGO Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development.
Latest information - 12 March 2010
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