Save the Children - Haiti update
by Save the Children
Tags: mass vaccination program, poor sanitation, preventive program
Save the Children has already reached a great number people more than 400,000 since the earthquake struck. but We need to do a lot more. We're particularly concerned about the upcoming rainy season as it poses a great threat to children and families displaced especially those living in crowded camps with poor sanitation and drainage. Torrential rain could flood temporary encampments Endanger families living in make shift shelter, create havoc in areas where little or no sanitation exists and encourage the spread of water borne and communicable diseases such as malaria and diarrhea. We're working hard now on both preventive programs and preparing for the possible onset of disease in the coming weeks were prepositioning medical supplies. We're conducting a mass vaccination program for measles for children. We're constructing toilets, water points, bathing facilities to help improve hygiene and distributing hygiene equipment we know more needs to be done the challenge for those affected by the earthquake are hardly over.
Save the Children has already reached a great number people more than 400,000 since the earthquake struck. but We need to do a lot more. We're particularly concerned about the upcoming rainy season as it poses a great threat to children and families displaced especially those living in crowded camps with poor sanitation and drainage. Torrential rain could flood temporary encampments Endanger families living in make shift shelter, create havoc in areas where little or no sanitation exists and encourage the spread of water borne and communicable diseases such as malaria and diarrhea. We're working hard now on both preventive programs and preparing for the possible onset of disease in the coming weeks were prepositioning medical supplies. We're conducting a mass vaccination program for measles for children. We're constructing toilets, water points, bathing facilities to help improve hygiene and distributing hygiene equipment we know more needs to be done the challenge for those affected by the earthquake are hardly over.
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