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Thanks for the kind words. So far, we have been able to deliver $330k in life saving medical supplies, with more on the way! We are working with the government health officials through the Logistics Cluster and have had no problems with them. - Dan

From Kipp: A 22 month old baby was dug out of the rubble still alive today. Spirits are lifted with any positive news. The Nepal people are strong and will overcome this tragedy.

From Kipp: Nepal is a small country with a small international airport. The world is trying to respond as quickly as possible. Some areas are very rural and hard to get too. Things are backlogging getting goods in as one of our first shipment got delayed for 24 hours. Things will start improving quickly so aid can get in.

No cholera reports yet. Loss of life was greater in Haiti. Nepal is harder to get to logistically than Haiti. Hard to rate because these are different regions of the world so based on loss of life Haiti was worse at this point.

Kipp: We have Oral Rehydration Salts on the way to combat potential Cholera outbreak.

From Kipp: Mobile medical teams are working hard to reach the hardest hit areas so personally I think the teams will get a pretty good handle on what they are able to get to as it relates to disease control.