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TaiwanIHA’s medical relief effort in Peru

Braving heavy rain and strong wind, the 5 members of Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) emergency medical relief team were rushed to the airport to embark on the airplane to Peru despite imminent arrival of Setpa typhoon in the evening of August 17, 2007. (The airports of Taiwan were closed the next day due to typhoon.) At 6:41 in the evening of August 15 (August 16, Taipei time), 2007, Peru was heavily hit by an earthquake of 8 on…

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OCHA’s operation in Sudan is the biggest in the world – Interview with Ramesh Rajasingham, Chief, UNOCHA Sudan

Q: Could you tell us something about yourself? I have been in Sudan for a little more than two years. Prior to this, since 1990 I worked with OCHA, UNICEF or humanitarian agencies in various countries. I spent a few years in Afghanistan immediately after the Soviets left, in Iran, in Bosnia and, just before coming here, I spent seven years in New York, so I have experience of both the field and headquarters. My background is development economics,…

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