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| | Red Cross Red Crescent - News |
 | | It was evident early on that emergency response to natural disasters through the provision of food, clothing, medical aid, was negated by poor water quality and lack of proper sanitation in hospitals and clinics. |
 | | So since 1999, the Red Cross has made the rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities in health institutions a major part of its health programmes in three provinces and one municipality - North Phyongan, Chagang, South Phyongan and Kaesong. |
 | | However, "due to improper sanitation and contaminated drinking water in the communities in general, the number of patients entering the health institutions, keeps increasing," says Kim Un Chol, of the DPRK Red Cross. |
| www.ifrc.org /docs/news/03/03031802 (985 words) |
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