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Stockpile at
Santa Isabel
received preventive treatment at the feeding centers. From September 1968
to Fkbruary 1969, ICRC disbursed approximately $800,000 for the purchase
of medical supplies. hum January 1 to May 19, 1969, it had transported
146.8 tons of medical supplies to the enclave.
ICRC reported that by June 15, 1969 in cooperation with Biaf'ran health
officials it had vaccinated 726,851 Biafrans against measles and 1,826,131
against smallpox, for which AID had made a direct contribution to procure
the vaccines and to M s h professional assistance.
ICRC has established a budget for the period from March to August 1969,
providing for an expected monthly expenditure for Biaf'ra, other than from
donations in kind, of 5.5 million Swiss francs or about $1.3 million.
ICRC - FEDERAL NIGERIA
Air Transport
ICRC originally had four aircraft based at Lagos which brought priority
supplies from there to Calabar and Enugu. These were reduced to two--a
DC4 and a Cessna 360-which in recent months were used mainly to transport
personnel.
Water Transport
Supplies were also brought into Port Harcourt and Calabar from Lagos by
boats chartered by ICRC, Netherlands Red Cross, or German Red Cross. There
were five of these Coasters, with the following capacities: two of 240
tons each; two of 1500 tons each; and one of 600 tons. The steamlng time
to Calabar frcm Lagos was 36 hours, plus 2 days of loading and unloading.