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Press Office - PR#126–2013, November 19, 2013


Japan Sends Second Batch of Medical Team to the typhoon affected area

 

 

On November 18, the Government of Japan decided to dispatch the second Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) medical team to the area affected by the Typhoon Yolanda. The team will depart for the Philippines on November 20 (Wed).

 

The second JDR Medical team will take over the duties from the first JDR Medical team and will be engaged in medical relief activities based in Tacloban City, Leyte Island.

 

*In addition to the dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team and Japan's Self-Defense Force Units, Japan has decided to provide the following assistance (52.1 million USD in total);

(1) Emergency Grant Aid: 30 million USD

(2) Emergency Relief Goods: app. 0.6 million USD

(3) Assistance through Japanese NGOs (JPF): 1.5 million USD

(4) Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) of Asian Development Bank (ADB): 20 million USD

 

 

 

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