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LLU Health Disaster Response Team Joins with Adventist Development and Relief Agency

By Herbert Atienza,
December 18, 2013 at 11:57am. Views: 65

A disaster response team from Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) has just returned from deployment to the Philippines where they helped in recovery efforts in the wake of super Typhoon Haiyan. The team members spent three weeks in the Philippines as part of a joint effort between LLUH and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to bring on-the-ground relief to typhoon survivors and lend technical expertise needed for recovery. The team members include: Jesse C. Bliss, director and disaster response coordinator, Loma Linda University Center for Public Health Preparedness; Brett McPherson, emergency management supervisor, Loma Linda University Health Environmental Health and Safety; and Demetria Safaee, an alumna of the Global Epidemiology program at Loma Linda University School of Public Health. The LLUH team partnered with ADRA to conduct assessments and coordinate ADRA’s response program in some of the hardest hit areas of the typhoon, which struck the central part of the Philippines on Nov. 8. More than 5,000 people were killed and more than four million remain displaced in the wake of the super Typhoon Haiyan, considered one of the strongest storms in history. “Our hearts are heavy from the devastating loss of life and incredible destruction caused by super Typhoon Haiyan to the Philippines,” said Dr. Richard Hart, president of Loma Linda University Health. “We are very proud of our partnership with ADRA to assist in the monumental task of helping the Philippines and the Filipinos get back on their feet.”

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