Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 May 2003. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of her Department's staff have been seconded into the United States' Defense Department's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance; and if she will make a statement on her Department's working relations with ORHA. - Inc figures and ref to www.agoodplacetostart.org.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made on the incidences of (a) cholera and (b) other diseases related to polluted water sources in Iraqi cities following the invasions of Iraq. [111236] Clare Short: On 27 April 2003, the UN Office of the Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq (UNOHCI) reported that the health situation in Iraq in general was stable. The number of diarrhoea cases was within normally expected limits. On 6 May 2003, the World Health Organisation reported seven cases of cholera in Basra and is monitoring the situation. Most agency assessments are available from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) website at: www.agoodplacetostart.org

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 111236; 404 c736W;404 c732W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Armed conflict Health Diseases Iraq Water Water supply Cholera Diarrhoea
Contains statistics: Yes
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