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| June 26, 2003 Release Number: 03-06-83 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COALITION CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition forces continue to help rebuild Iraq through reconstruction and humanitarian aid. Some of the tasks accomplished in the last 24 hours: In Dahuk, UNICEF gave the Dahuk Health Department a year's supply of immunizations. The vaccines included DPT, polio, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, measles and tetanus. The coalition continued working on sewage removal in Ghazaliya and Shula. They dispatched four trucks and picked up 16 loads of sewage. In Baghdad, approximately 45 Iraqi citizens and the Coalition worked together to paint and clean up trash at Ma' Alla' School. The World Food Program completed the June food distribution yesterday in Ad Diwaniyah. Approximately 200-250 immunizations were given to children in Karbala as part of the first National Immunization Day since the war began. Numerous assessments, reviews and plans were conducted for future reconstruction projects at water, sanitation and medical facilities and schools. -30- |
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