TAILIEUCHUNG - Emergency appeal operation update Viet Nam: Hand, foot and mouth disease 11 May 2012

The Government of Myanmar has formed an Emergency Committee and announced that the priorities of its relief operations are to provide adequate food, safe drinking-water and shelter to the affected people. Health issues are of major concern in districts affected by the cyclone. The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia and the WHO Country Office in Myanmar are actively involved in the response. A crisis room has been activated in the WHO Country Office in Yangon. The WHO Country Office in Myanmar is working with the Myanmar Ministry of Health, UNICEF and other partners on damage and needs. | Saving lives changing minds. Emergency appeal operation update Viet Nam Hand foot and mouth disease International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Emergency appeal n MDRVN010 GLIDE n EP-2012-000045-VNM Operation update n 2 11 May 2012 Period covered by this operations update 18 April to 7 May 2012 Appeal target current CHF 758 416 Appeal coverage 28 per cent with further funding currently in the pipeline. Appeal history This emergency appeal was launched on 3 April 2012 for CHF 758 416 for nine months to assist 752 255 beneficiaries including 196 200 direct beneficiaries. Disaster Relief Emergency Fund DREF CHF 100 000 was allocated from the Federation s DREF to support the national society in its initial response to this emergency. click to see donor response or contact details Summary In the past month the Viet Nam Red Cross Society VNRC has prioritized eight provinces to carry out rapid assessment and a survey on the knowledge attitude and practice KAP of family members and informal daycare givers on hand foot and mouth disease HFMD . Arrangements for activity starting in target provinces have been implemented by VNRC while project management structures at national provincial and district level are being finalized. Priority activities and target communes have been identified for implementation of activity in the next weeks given confirmed resources for emergency response. The immediate start-up for the activities was possible thanks to contributions to this appeal from Canadian Red Cross Danish Red Cross Danish government Japanese Red Cross Society and Swedish Red Cross. A trained Red Cross volunteer in Dong Thap conducts a focus group discussion on how HFMD can be prevented among families with young children in the community. Photo Tran Sy Pha National Disaster Response Team Viet Nam Red Cross To date multilateral donors have confirmed a contribution of CHF 215 256. There is ongoing discussion with the European Commission .

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