Communiqué de presse   Indonesia: floods hit Jakarta

06 February 2007

Following the torrential rain which has brought disaster to hundreds of thousands of people in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, Médecins du Monde has set up an emergency mission there.

This intervention was initiated on 6th February 2007 by an MdM team already based in the area which was working on a long term project to do with access to primary healthcare in the shanty towns of Jakarta.

The first two teams that were sent to the flooded area consisted of a doctor and a nurse, who conducted their consultations by returning to many of the neighbourhoods in which they had already worked previously. Two new teams are in the process of being prepared to go out to the region.

Médecins du Monde has sent kits containing medicines, and is also distributing hygiene kits, sarongs and floor matting to the people affected by the floods, as well as nutritional supplements for children under five years of age. An investigation into potential outbreaks of epidemics has been launched.

MdM press office:
Florence Priolet - Annabelle Quénet
00 33 (0)1 44 92 14 31/14 32
infomdm@medecinsdumonde.net
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