Just a quick newsflash:
After the devastating earthquake on the 27 February 2010, the UN and its Member States are assisting the people in need. The earthquake was of 8.8 magnitudes and has killed 723 people as well as affected around 2,000,000 people! There is no electricity, food or water!
On top of that, there is the risk of a Hepatitis A outbreak as the result of the earthquake. The Chile Government has requested around 800,000 vaccines to avoid the risk; Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is seeking to secure donations of 800,000 doses of the Hep A vaccine from pharmaceutical companies around the world.The World Food Programme (WFP) is helping Chile with offering 30 tonnes of food, packaged and ready for transportation from Ecuador, to feed the starving.
After Haiti, NOW Chile, what a disastrous start in to the year!
