quake

Reporters briefed on use of orthopaedic beds

UN refugee agency gives beds donated by actor Brad Pitt to Islamabad hospital

28 December 2005
The United Nations refugee agency today handed over the first of 40 orthopaedic beds donated by actor Brad Pitt to help speed the healing of earthquake victims recovering at an Islamabad hospital.
Survivors by a fire in Maidan camp, Pakistan

As mercury plunges in Pakistan, UN refugee agency boosts aid to quake survivors

23 December 2005
With temperatures in mountain villages plunging to minus 10 degrees Celsius at night, the United Nations refugee agency is boosting its winterization campaign with a new round of aid distribution in camps for survivors of Pakistan’s devastating October earthquake, which left up to 3 million people homeless.
Annan (R) and former US President Bush brief press

Annan appoints former US President George H.W. Bush as envoy for quake recovery

15 December 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster, representing the UN system in the national and international response to the destruction of 8 October.
Survivors by a fire in Maidan camp, Pakistan

Pakistan: UN quake appeal only 40 per cent funded, 2.4 million blankets needed

13 December 2005
More than nine weeks after a devastating earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 70,000 people, injured 70,000 more and left up to 3 million people homeless, the United Nations relief appeal faces a shortfall of some 60 per cent, with a new survey showing an urgent need for 2.4 million blankets as the harsh winter sets in.
Dr .Lee talks with earthquake survivors

Pakistan: UN agency braced for health crisis in quake region as winter hits

12 December 2005
As the temperature drops in the mountainous regions affected by the 8 October earthquake, the head of the United Nations health agency has arrived in Pakistan, warning that the cold and the cramped living conditions is leading to an increase in the risk of hypothermia and respiratory infections.
Child at UNICEF vaccination point

Pakistan: UN intensifies measles vaccination efforts in quake-stricken areas

8 December 2005
As the harsh Himalayan winter closes in on quake-stricken Pakistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is intensifying its ongoing battle against measles outbreaks as well as fighting plummeting temperatures.
WFP trucks in Pakistan

Pakistan: with snows coming, UN on standby for large influx of quake survivors

6 December 2005
With heavy snow forecast in northern Pakistan by the end of this week, the United Nations refugee agency is standing by for a possible exodus of up to 230,000 earthquake survivors from higher elevations and needs over $5 million more to funding its operations through the harsh Himalayan winter.
Survivors prepare their meals outdoors

Pakistan: UN food agency to feed 1.3 million quake survivors through winter

5 December 2005
The United Nations World Food programme (WFP) can guarantee winter food supplies for hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors in remote high-altitude villages in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, but continuing donor support is vital for one of the most challenging logistical operations the agency has ever faced.

UN relief office gathers data on possible aid needs after quake in East Africa

5 December 2005
The United Nations emergency relief office is gathering information on the level of assistance that may be required after an earthquake struck the Lake Tanganyika region of East Africa today.

Pakistan: with winter closing in, UN sets out quake relief priorities for December

2 December 2005
With the harsh Himalayan winter fast approaching, the United Nations emergency office today laid out December's priorities for bringing relief to the survivors of Pakistan's devastating earthquake, including continued assistance for up to 380,000 people who choose to remain in their homes in remote locations.