It is very tragic that a medical technician in Quetta has been refusing vaccination for his children. Last week Ncube along with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai met with representatives from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and urged them to send election monitors to Zimbabwe at least three months prior to next year's presidential elections. A protocol for drug disposal has been developed and is now awaiting approval by local health authorities. Mercy Corps is working to turn around this situation for villagers like Haji Mohammad Alem, who dream of sustainable farms and economic independence. To maintain the region's precious biodiversity, the PIF Leaders remain strongly committed to strengthening conservation management efforts in the Pacific islands region, in line with the Pacific Islands Action Strategy for Nature Conservation which emphasizes the importance of local conservation to community and in collaboration with relevant technical organizations. The pollutants that entered the river started to move downstream in a plume of contaminated water that is now estimated to be about 110 km long. BEIJING (July 6) XINHUA - China's top legislative body, the National People's Congress (NPC), today examined last year's use of disaster relief funds and equipment. There are also a total of 186 flooded houses and 3,464 roofless houses. Three months after the tsunamis struck southern Tamil Nadu state where Nagapattinam is situated, tens of thousands of survivors, mostly fishermen, are still living in temporary shelters made of asbestos sheeting and tin roofs. The protesters burnt tyres and overturned garbage cans in the streets, blocking traffic for a part of the morning. As of the end of January, four ablution blocks, each consisting of four latrines, four bathing stations and four adjoining septic tanks, are now completed and functioning to serve the residents of the Olora settlement. Since then, ADRA has also rehabilitated a hospital and trialed a project that will use biogas plants to produce a year-round energy supply. The homeless and streetchildren were prioritised. In Somaliland, clearing of the pipeline route for the Erigavo water project and construction of the Boon water supply has started. In addition to targeting farmers and livestock producers, the program is expected to directly benefit agricultural researchers, extension agents, seed producers and farm input suppliers. With the upcoming winter all children, especially those living in tents in the relief camps, where conditions are difficult, crowded and draughty, are at high risk of contracting respiratory infection. Despite the interim measures adopted by the Delhi High Court on 7 January 2010 requesting the immediate restoration of the homeless shelter and the protection of the displaced families, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has not yet assisted them. Polio staff at country level spend, on average, 50% of their time working on broader public health efforts, over and beyond polio eradication. The children were quite exposed to the cold weather and had to sleep on the wet and swampy terrain with no warm clothing.