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International aid flowing to Indonesia following quake – UN

Increasing international assistance is arriving in Yogayakarta, Indonesia, following last Friday's earthquake, which has claimed more than 5,000 lives and injured more than 8,000 people, the United Nations said today as its agencies rushed food, medicine, other supplies and cash to the area.

UN health agency rushes aid to quake-struck parts of Indonesia

As rescue teams search for survivors following Saturday's devastating earthquake on the island of Java, Indonesia, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it is sending emergency equipment to the area and will help to support vaccination campaigns while setting up a disease surveillance system there.

UN ready to respond with aid to quake-struck parts of Indonesia

Following an early morning earthquake in Indonesia measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that has reportedly killed thousands of people, the United Nations is gearing up to provide emergency assistance to the affected areas, top officials from the world body said today.

Pakistan: UN study recommends steps to fight child malnutrition among quake survivors

Seven months after the earthquake that devastated Pakistan in October, malnutrition persists as one of the major problems for children under the age of five in the affected areas, but the situation is gradually improving, thanks in part to an ambitious United Nations-backed survey of survivors.

100,000 Pakistani quake survivors leave camps for home, UN reports

Some 100,000 survivors of last October’s devastating earthquake in Pakistan have left temporary camps and returned to their ruined towns, villages and properties over the past month as the emergency phase of the massive relief operation begins to wind down, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported today.

UNICEF launches new clean water project for Pakistani quake victims

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today launched a new water network to benefit up to 30,000 people in a region of Pakistan devastated by last October’s earthquake.