Nepal
ACT assisted 2400 families with medical and hygiene kits when a massive diarrhoea outbreak struck Nepal in July 2009. The outbreak badly affected hill districts in the mid and far-western regions of Nepal striking 16,400 people and killing over 200. Deaths were mainly due to lack of clean drinking water, poor sanitation and hygiene, lack of medicine, nutrition and health personnel. In September 2008, floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain left more than 33 people dead in mid and far-western regions of Nepal. ACT was able to provide life-saving food and other relief goods, with priority given to women, children, disabled people, and pregnant and lactating mothers.