UNOCHA update no.7 on Solomon Islands January 2010 earthquake 
 

UNOCHA Pacific 
Monday, January 18, 2010 

Here is some update on international response: 

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The New Zealand government provided $NZ 50,000 to support emergency and 
recovery activities. 

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WHO is assisting the Ministry of Health with the launch of a surveillance system 
to monitor the health conditions of affected population. WHO and MOH is 
preparing for a campaign to respond and prevent health problems in the affected 
areas.  

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World Vision continues to support NDMO in assessment especially in shelter 
sector and is providing additional shelter and NFIs. 

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Oxfam also provided further shelter, WASH and non-food items.  

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ADRA deployed a team including health promotion workers to provide support in 
health and WASH sector. 

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UNICEF provides support in several sectors:  

-Education: Provision of tents to the Ministry of Education to act as temporary 
classrooms. Save the Children will support installing the tents. 

-Health: Provision of basic emergency health kits and 300 additional sachets of 
ORS to Ministry of Health (MOH). Distribution of these items will be managed 
by Helena Goldie Hospital. 

-WASH: Provision of 9,000 water purification tablets with flyers and 1,000 
“hands” flyers. Distribution will be managed by ADRA and MOH.