Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Aid flows into Indonesia - Philanthropy Journal-Your online source for news about nonprofits, social issues, and policy change

Aid flows into Indonesia - Philanthropy Journal-Your online source for news about nonprofits, social issues, and policy change: "id flows into Indonesia

As rebuilding from quake starts, fears of disease outbreak loom.

06.06.2006 -

Contributions continued to flow to Indonesia in response to the earthquake that rocked the country in late May, and the official death toll dropped to 5,800 from 6,200 as of June 5, the Associated Press reported.

Estimates of fatalities fell following news that some of the missing had been found alive and other victims had been counted more than once among the dead, AP said.

But aid workers now are concerned about possible disease outbreaks as a result of conditions in which people are forced to cook and clean with dirty water, and where some are living in chicken coops, adding to fears of a bird flu outbreak in a country where three dozen people have died of the virus since early 2005, Reuters said."

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