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PAHO Supports Bahamas Response with

                Emergency Medical Teams

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               Nassau,  Bahamas,  September  5,  2019  (PAHO)  —The  Pan  American  Health
               Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is focusing on clinical care to save the

               lives of persons who survived the hurricane and keeping people safe, with three Emergency
               Medical Teams arriving in the Bahamas, according to Dr. Esther de Gourville, PAHO/WHO’s
               Representative                       in                     the                     Bahamas.

               “Clearly it is a desperate situation for some persons on Abaco,” she said, and PAHO is working
               with  the  Ministry  of  Health  and  emergency  teams  to  help  those  who  survived  secure  food

               supplies,           safe           drinking          water            and           sanitation.

               PAHO pre-deployed water and sanitation experts and health services experts to Bahamas even
               before  Hurricane  Dorian  struck,  Dr.  de  Gourville  noted,  and  has  experts  in  logistics,  disease

               surveillance,  coordination,  information  (data)  management,  and  civil-military  cooperation  in
               place  in  the  Bahamas  office.  Assessment  of  needs  has  begun,  and  a  structures  expert  is
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