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	answer has question	2BWrwYNN
	answer has answering person	Clare Short
	answer text	Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures she intends to take to improve thesituation in Somalia with regard to (a) food, (b) seeds and (c) health assistance. [91296]Clare Short: To date, we have committed £590,000 to emergency needs, including support for UNICEF's supplementary feeding programmesin the Bardera region; Action Contre le Faim's (ACF) emergency nutritional intervention in the Gedo and Bakool regions; and WorldVision's primary health care project in Juba. We are currently considering providing support for the African Medical and ResearchFoundation to improve the health of internally displaced people in Luuq Town, South West Somalia, which will complement ACF'sactivities. In addition, the EC have provided 10,899 metric tonnes of food.We are closely monitoring the situation and will continue to respond to needs as they arise.
	answer given date	1999-07-20
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	aKgnu25P
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	aKgnu25P
2BWrwYNN	question has answer	aKgnu25P
Clare Short	answering person has answer	aKgnu25P