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After flooding in northwest Pakistan killed far more than 1,500 individuals and displaced an estimated 300,000, leaders with the State Department and USAID are “promising an extended mission to handle the long-term effects,” Foreign Policy’s “The Cable” weblog reports. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah briefed reporters Wednesday concerning the disaster and their agencies’ efforts inside the region (Rogin, 8/4)
In response to a question about disease prevention, Shah said the well being effort “will commence by standing up this early warning method so that there’s a expert surveillance capability so we know if and when you can find disease outbreaks, how you can handle that and exactly where they are. We’ll also consist of field hospitals in addition to just a broad restocking of health clinics and support,” in accordance with a State Department transcript. He stated USAID has been sending commodities, medicines and vaccines to Pakistan from a warehouse in Dubai (8/4).
“Shah stated that hundred[s] of USAID staff are being mobilized to assist using the response and that a few of the planning and assessments had been being carried out by the U.S. military in cooperation using the Pakistani government,” The Cable writes (8/4).
At the identical briefing, Clinton “said Pakistan can count on long-term U.S. support as it deals with all the consequences with the worst flooding in decades,” VOA News reports. The news service notes that although the U.S. has made “several aid announcements” concerning the flood scenario, “Clinton’s televised look within the State Department treaty room gave a greater profile to U.S. efforts” (Gollust, 8/4). NPR’s “The Two-Way” blog has a video of Clinton’s remarks (Gura, 8/4).
Clinton also “said that disaster relief was component of the new strengthening of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship,” according to The Cable blog. She called aid an “essential part” of the partnership between the two countries (8/4).
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