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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 8.39 GMT |
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More funds from
UK to IDPs |
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The UK
Department
for
International
Development
(DFID)
has
approved
a grant
of
£500,000
to
UNICEF
for an
emergency
measles
and
polio
vaccination
campaign
covering
all the
Internally
Displaced
Persons
(IDPs)
camps in
Vavuniya
as well
as the
provision
of
nutritional
supplements.
This
programme
would
operate
out of
the
emergency
health
clinics
in the
IDP
camps
which
DFID
funded
through
the
International
Office
of
Migration
(IOM)
last
month,
DFID
said in
a
statement
posted
on its
website.
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