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WHO, health partners striving to treat quake survivors
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has stepped-up efforts to deliver critical medical relief to populations outside of the Kathmandu valley affected by Saturdayâs earthquake, with a major focus on reaching injured people and preventing disease outbreaks
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he World Health Organization (WHO) says it has stepped-up efforts to deliver critical medical relief to populations outside of the Kathmandu valley affected by Saturday's earthquake, with a major focus on reaching injured people and preventing disease outbreaks.
Coordinating health sector partners in support of Nepal's government,WHO is striving to reach remote areas beyond the capital, Kathmandu,where road access has been hampered by damage caused by the earthquake occurred on April 25.
Nepal health research council official, Khem Karki, who is also the Nepalese government point-person for deploying foreign medical teams to affected areas, has said WHO is playing a vital role in coordinating international medical support in the mountainous region of Sindhupalchowk district, 75 kilometers north-east of Kathmandu.
'We have deployed many international teams to Sindhupalchowk,' Karki said in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
'The WHO is actively working to coordinate this with us,' he went on.
To date, Sindhupalchowk has reported the highest fatalities of any region in Nepal. Authorities say that at least 1400 people had died there, and warning that the number could rise to 3000.
Many people in the district have been displaced, while others require immediate medical attention, which so far has been difficult to provide. Landslides block the district's transport arteries and the terrain is often inaccessible.
Other districts severely impacted by the earthquake include Gorkha,where the quake's epicenter occurred and several foreign medical teams are already working. (ebf)(+++)
