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Myanmar: Senior Red Cross Red Crescent aid worker returns from devastated deltaMyanmar: Senior Red Cross Red Crescent aid worker returns from devastated delta
The situation in Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta is “overwhelming” according to Bridget Gardner, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ head of delegation who returned to Yangon today following a two day assessment visit. Ms Gardner was the first international aid official to visit the disaster zone with official permission.

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