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Article: International Rescue Committee Mobilizes More Emergency Teams for Myanmar; Warns of Massive Health Disaster Unless Aid Reaches Cyclone Survivors Fast

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May 9, 2008
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Contact: New York (in Bangkok May 11): Melissa Winkler, +1-646- 734-0305, melissa.winkler@theIRC.org, New York: Philip Wood, +1-212- 551-2950, philip.wood@theIRC.org, London: Lydia Gomersall, +44-20- 7692-2741, +44-7779-855 -021, lydia.gomersall@IRCuk.org, Vienna: Peter Biro, +43-664-279-3977, +1-646-201-3697, peter.biro@theIRC.org, all of the International Rescue Committee

BANGKOK, Thailand, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International Rescue Committee emergency team members have arrived in Myanmar and four additional teams are on standby for deployment to the region as the IRC prepares for a possible outbreak of water-borne diseases in

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