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尼泊尔受灾儿童增至近300万名 UNICEF队伍抵达灾区　防范麻疹爆发

2015-04-28

香港，2015年4月28日──尼泊尔受灾儿童增至280万，佔总受灾人口700万人的4成。数以百万计的灾民担心再有强烈余震，已连续第4晚在空地扎营露宿，衞生情况恶劣，灾后疫症随时在临时营地一触即发。加德满都已经出现集体腹泻个案，另外麻疹亦见潜在爆发危机。联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）队伍已抵达灾区，麻疹疫苗亦已到位，同时安排了水车提供清洁食水，以防范疫症爆发。当地受灾儿童的人道需求与日俱增，亟需公众继续捐款支持。

On 26 April, people walk around the historic Durbar Square destroyed by the earthquake on 25 April in Katmandu, the capital of Nepal. On 27 April 2015 in Nepal, relief operations continue in the aftermath of the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on 25 April. The quakes epicentre was 80 kilometres from Kathmandu, the capital. The Government has declared a state of emergency in 35 affected districts in the country, where more than 1.3 million people over half of whom are children have been affected. More than 5,000 people have been estimated killed and 50,000 have been injured. Homes and vital infrastructure, including hospitals, have been severely damaged or destroyed, leaving thousands of children and families homeless, vulnerable and in urgent need of food, shelter, safe water, and sanitation and health support. Most of the displaced are sheltering in camps or in available open spaces. The situation has been continuing powerful aftershocks that have caused additional damage. Working with the Government and other partners, including fellow United Nations organizations, UNICEF is supporting water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, nutrition, child protection, and education interventions. In response to the disaster, UNICEF is providing hospitals tents, tarpaulin sheeting, emergency medical kits, vaccines and related supplies, zinc and oral rehydration salts to prevent diarrhoeal disease outeaks, and temporary learning spaces and psychosocial counselling for children. UNICEF is also procuring emergency health kits, and is supporting water trucking services in camps for the displaced.

尼泊尔政府宣佈35个受灾地区全部进入紧急状态。UNICEF派出的3支队伍已抵达巴克塔布（Bhatkapur）、加德满都（Kathmandu Valley）及勒利德布尔（Lalitpur）评估灾情。大部分流离失所的灾民都在临时营地露宿，面对严峻的住宿、食水及个人衞生问题。UNICEF与伙伴共同领导食水、个人及环境衞生、教育及营养专责小组，结合国际力量，应付尼泊尔的紧急情况。

灾后特別容易爆发疫症，在临时营地风险更高，加德满都已出现集体腹泻个案。为避免儿童感染腹泻等疾病，UNICEF与政府及合作伙伴除了竭力确保儿童获得食水及个人衞生相关的关键资讯，並已准备各类疫苗，尤其是麻疹疫苗，预防疫症随时爆发；UNICEF亦为加德满都全市共16个营地提供水车，供应清洁食水。另外，UNICEF亦正在当地采购更多食水及个人衞生物资，並从境外紧急增置帐幕、防水帆布、针剂麻疹疫苗及急救包等物资，应付与日俱增的需求。

DENMARK, COPENHAGEN 27 April 2015 Within hours after an earthquake of 7.9 magnitude struck Nepal on Saturday, 25 April 2015 , UNICEF Supply leapt into action, packing medical supplies, hospital equipment, tents and water and sanitation items and other life-saving supplies for hospitals and communities. Supplies were readied by Sunday night at UNICEFs global warehouse hub in Copenhagen, and destined on both commercial and charter flights throughout the week to come. Aid is also being prepared for shipment from UNICEFs warehouse in Dubai. UNICEFs supply response is supported by logistics staff who have been deployed as part of the immediate response team. It is the worst earthquake to hit Nepal in 80 years and by the end of the weekend, the death toll had exceeded 3,000.

联合国儿童基金香港委员会（UNICEF HK）主席陈晴女士唿吁公众捐款，支援UNICEF在尼泊尔的救援行动：「UNICEF HK短短数日已获得不少善心捐款人的慷慨支持，筹得善款超过港币200万元。然而，受灾儿童已增至300万，我们需要更多公众支持及捐款方能应付当地的急增人道救援需求。请与UNICEF携手，保护受灾儿童，防范疫症爆发！」

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