UN Lower South Area Coordination Briefing

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UN Lower South Area Coordination Briefing
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Governorates Basrah, Missan, Thi Qar and Muthanna
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Population
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Humanitarian Program Activities are On-going

• FAO Preparation for winter program, vegetable
  cultivation project, response to limited outbreak
  hemorragic septicemia
• MACT 4 EOD teams, 4 clearance teams and 8
  survey teams
• UN Habitat Finalizing water treatment
  rehabilitation, technical advice to UN agencies
• UNDP Emergency electrification, emergency
  employment, wreck removal, port dredging

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Humanitarian Program Activities are On-going

• UNHCR Repatriation including legal, water,
  shelter and health assistance
• WFP Um Qasar Port operations, PDS, HEBs
• UNICEF water tankering, school-in-a-box,
  immunizations, MRE
• WHO spraying, surveillance, distribution of
  medicines and supplies
• IOM medical evacuation, ITI

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NGOs

• Save the Children IMC
• CRS War Child
• Mercy Corps Okenden
• DCA Relief Intl
• InterSOS Salvation Army
• NCA ACTED
• CESVI AMAR

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UN Inter-agency Return Plan

• STAGE A Security Assessment
• STAGE B Cross Border Operations and Security
  Improvements
• STAGE C Return of Core Staff
• STAGE D Resumption of Activities with Critical
  Staff

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Vulnerable Groups Assessment

• Immediate Humanitarian Needs
• Provision of clean drinking water with concurrent
  community health education
• Re-activation of optimum services of Primary
  Health Care Units
• A reassessment of spraying or other measures to
  combat malaria and Leishmaniasis
• Inclusion of non-registered families in the
  WFP/Ministry of Trade PDS system
• Purchase of crops through the Ministry of Trade
• Provision of appropriate agriculture inputs.