• Because of difficulties reaching some affected areas, some rescue teams tried to enter Haiti through the Dominican Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • At least 20 countries provided manpower, supplies or financial aid to Haiti, while the most immediate foreign assistance was being provided by military and humanitarian contingents from neighboring Dominican Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • He described the logistics of the relief work as a nightmare, with the two ports in the capital destroyed by the earthquake and long delays in the arrival of aid from neighbouring Dominican Republic due to a lack of UN vehicles. (bbc.co.uk)
  • A field office had been set up on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, while the main decision-makers were based in Port-au-Prince. (who.int)
  • However, Venezuela's foreign minister Nicholas Maduro said since than aid shipments to Haiti were being diverted via neighbouring Dominican Republic to avoid restrictions imposed by the US at Port-au-Prince airport. (links.org.au)
  • Reuters notes, "The U.N. has said it is committed to tackling cholera in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic … through a $2.2 billion donor aid program known as the Hispaniola Initiative over the next 10 years, but critics say the amount is insufficient. (kff.org)
  • For victims who could not come to the states for aid, the doctors left on Feb. 14 for Jimani, Dominican Republic, after Guiteras' daughter encouraged him to lend his medical training to those in need. (dailytarheel.com)
  • The presented study analyzes the possibility of a relationship between the migratory flow from Haiti toward the Dominican Republic and the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as implications for the human rights of immigrants living with the infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • and, 3) eight case studies of Haitian immigrants living with HIV/AIDS in agricultural bateyes in the Dominican Republic. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Haitian government experienced a near-collapse and affected people were left mostly to their own resources until foreign aid arrived in the following days. (wikipedia.org)
  • Haitian Rescuers searched collapsed buildings for victims. (wikipedia.org)
  • Armed members of "G9 and Family" march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (8newsnow.com)
  • U.S. helicopters have evacuated at least 430 injured Haitians out of the affected region to health care facilities in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere, where American medics are still working to treat the injured alongside the international aid agency Doctors Without Borders, other humanitarian groups and Haitian health care workers. (wvik.org)
  • In 2010, after Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, a consultation with Professor Margaret Satterthwaite '99 led Lindstrom to work for the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), the Haitian partner organization of IJDH. (nyu.edu)
  • Lindstrom and the team at BAI and IJDH first filed claims against the UN on behalf of 5,000 Haitian cholera victims, demanding that the UN take action to address their losses, prevent future outbreaks, and make a public apology admitting liability for the epidemic. (nyu.edu)
  • A bad scenario would be one in which some Haitian government officials insist that any aid be channeled through them, that they have the authority to send crews to where they want them to go, and it would be a terrible outcome," says Murray. (npr.org)
  • Murray says he has interviewed thousands of Haitians and they tell him they don't want foreign aid going to the Haitian government. (npr.org)
  • TV evangelist Pat Robertson climbed aboard the crazy train once again on Wednesday when he basically blamed the massive 7.0 Haiti earthquake on a Haitian "pact with the devil. (snarkfood.com)
  • After the January 12 earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the population swelled in the sleepy town of Milot, the "North State for Haiti" team's week-long home base. (anewscafe.com)
  • As director of the USCCB effort to support the Church in Latin America, Father Molina will be responsible for the bishops' grant initiative for the Church in the region, including the work to support the Haitian bishops' Partnership for Reconstruction of the Church in Haiti (PROCHE by its acronym in French). (ncronline.org)
  • Then in late 2012 I went to Haiti as part of a research team for a UFL-Duke project called The Vodou Archive , and that basically served as a crash course in Haitian spiritual practices, taught by practitioners themselves. (oup.com)
  • When I first went to Haiti, I was fluent in French but only spoke a smattering of Haitian Creole. (oup.com)
  • refers to and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations (LACCASO) and Dominican-born children of Haitian or Haitian and Dominican the Joint United Nations Program for HIV/AIDS. (bvsalud.org)
  • That Paul Farmer, the UN star consultant and contractor for cholera relief and water detoxification is not on the board of the Brian Concannon's Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) which is purportedly defending the cholera victims. (mondialisation.ca)
  • At the request of the government of Haiti, Joint Task Force-Haiti supported U.S. foreign disaster assistance, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, to aid victims of a devastating earthquake in Haiti's Southern Claw as part of a whole-of-government effort Aug. 15 - Sept. 2, 2021. (southcom.mil)
  • JTF-Haiti final delivery - LA POURCINE Haiti (Sept. 2, 2021) -- Joint Task Force (JTF)-Haiti completed its final mission in support of the earthquake response on September 2. (southcom.mil)
  • 210828-M-NU401-1343 - United States Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, deliver cases of food using an MV-22B Osprey in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 27, 2021. (southcom.mil)
  • 210829-M-EC414-291 - United States Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, deliver cases of food in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in Les Anglais, Haiti, Aug. 27, 2021. (southcom.mil)
  • A woman walks past a collapsed building in Jeremie, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, four days after the city was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (nhpr.org)
  • A crane removes a truck from a pile of rocks after landslides triggered by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit four days prior in River Glass, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (nhpr.org)
  • Residents whose homes were damaged during the earthquake campout at a soccer field in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (nhpr.org)
  • People injured in Saturday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake and their relatives, crowd in an emergency room at the Saint Antoine hospital in Jeremie, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (nhpr.org)
  • Methods: This is an observational study utilizing a convenience sample of adult and pediatric patients requiring NIPPV or intubation in the ED at an academic hospital in central Haiti from January 2019-February 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • BARADÈRES, Haiti - By the time the U.S. military helicopter touched down at the lone soccer field in the remote hillside town of Baradères, hundreds of Haitians stood in a ring around the field, men, women and children alike. (wvik.org)
  • Eleven days after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed 2,200 people and destroyed 50,000 homes in Haiti's southern peninsula, humanitarian groups and Haitians alike say that aid is only just now reaching some of the region's most remote communities. (wvik.org)
  • Hopefully, by now you have all had a chance to read Payton's article, in which she discusses the Haiti Memory Project and the spiritual dimension of everyday Haitians' testimony following the January 2010 earthquake. (oup.com)
  • On Wednesday, USAID reported at least 24 damaged or destroyed health facilities in Haiti, further limiting access to health care for Haitians after the quake. (nhpr.org)
  • Due to time and budget constraints, we are this long standing and complex problem between two nations, currently unable to enter in detail into the important consideration a problem that must be redefined in light of recent events relating of the human rights of uninfected Haitians and Dominican to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. (bvsalud.org)
  • But as a staff attorney for the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Lindstrom has spent the past five years doing precisely that: she has played a key role in litigation holding the UN accountable for Haiti's cholera epidemic. (nyu.edu)
  • Who is Behind the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti? (mondialisation.ca)
  • This lack of water and sanitation services contributed to the severity and rapid spread of the ongoing cholera epidemic that began in Haiti in October 2010, and had resulted in 658,563 reported cases of cholera and 8,111 reported deaths as of June 2, 2013. (cdc.gov)
  • The IJDH has " led an effort to claim compensation on behalf of 5,000 cholera victims and their families since the outbreak began in late 2010," the news service writes, noting, "The group filed claims in November 2011 against the U.N., demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for cholera victims and a public apology. (kff.org)
  • When a massive earthquake struck in 2010 and Haiti experienced a cholera outbreak nine months later, Dr. Voltaire and H.O.P.E. faced another seemingly insurmountable challenge. (redcross.org)
  • As the world scrambled to respond to the massive earthquake in Haiti, the scene in its densely populated capital was one of chaos and devastation that completely overwhelmed the country's threadbare emergency resources. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Port au Prince Haiti was rocked by a massive earthquake, Tuesday January 12, devastating the city and leaving thousands dead. (phibetaiota.net)
  • STAMFORD, Conn., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ - Purdue Pharma L.P. and its associated U.S. companies are donating close to $5 million in pharmaceutical products to aid the victims of the earthquake disaster in Haiti. (jamaicainquirer.com)
  • Dr LAROCHE (Assistant Director-General) said that the earthquake had posed particular problems because many of the people meant to provide assistance after a natural disaster were themselves victims. (who.int)
  • Trump donates millions every year to various organizations all over the world, and I have a very long history of frequent donations to disaster victims, children's schools, veterans and so on. (naturalnews.com)
  • We continue to support our friends in Haiti as they struggle in the aftermath of this disaster. (medshare.org)
  • Echoing his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega, who accused the United States of "manipulating the tragedy to install North American troops in Haiti" and French Secretary of State for Cooperation Alain Joyandet, who criticised the US role in Haiti, saying the priority was "helping Haiti, not occupying Haiti", Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez also questioned the US military response to the disaster. (links.org.au)
  • Venezuela was the first country to send aid after the disaster struck on January 12, with an advance team of doctors, search and rescue experts, as well as food, water, medical supplies and rescue equipment arriving in Port-au-Prince on the morning of January 13. (links.org.au)
  • As many as 806,000 people have been left in need of immediate food and aid assistance following the October 4 disaster. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • When thinking about disaster aid, we can think about a few separate aspects of disaster recovery, each with their own challenges. (vox.com)
  • In a severe disaster, roads and airports might be closed, and victims are often panicked and disorganized. (vox.com)
  • Japan once again found itself participating in a global relief effort in a bid to save victims of a major disaster. (armenianweekly.com)
  • To date, they've offered assistance to the homeless and launched a program to send aid to victims of Haiti's earthquake. (waldenu.edu)
  • Haiti news: What does the future hold for Haiti's children? (phibetaiota.net)
  • Victims of the quake, their families, medical professionals, aid workers, and refugees from the rubble descended on this tropical village in Haiti's northeast. (anewscafe.com)
  • People in Chapel Hill continue to aid in the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Jan. 12, whether by admitting victims into hospitals or sending doctors overseas. (dailytarheel.com)
  • Finally, drawing on Haiti's National Plan of Action for the Elimination of Cholera in Haiti 2013-2022, we suggest some actions that could help bring about long-term WASH improvements for the future. (cdc.gov)
  • The devastation caused by this earthquake is horrific and our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families," said John H. Stewart, President and CEO of Purdue Pharma L.P. "I'm particularly proud of our employees who have demonstrated such tremendous generosity and concern for the people of Haiti. (jamaicainquirer.com)
  • Families wait to receive humanitarian aid from a U.S. Army helicopter unit in the town of Baradères, Haiti, on Wednesday. (wvik.org)
  • In Baradères, about 90% of families who'd owned farms, gardens or livestock had them wiped out by the Category 4 storm, one aid group found. (wvik.org)
  • Two student organizations are working together to gather supplies that can help the people of Haiti after Hurricane Matthew. (thedailycougar.com)
  • The first shipments of international aid, supplies and emergency crews are beginning to hit the ground in the quake-pummelled region surrounding Port-au-Prince. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • One of the primary obstacles that delayed relief efforts immediately following the quake was providing necessary security to deliver aid. (npr.org)
  • The company is exploring whether additional shipments of Ryzolt and Betadine can be distributed in Haiti through other relief agencies. (jamaicainquirer.com)
  • Since October, we have sent six shipments with 63,433 pounds of lifesaving supplies to Haiti and equipped 35 medical teams responding to the hurricane. (medshare.org)
  • We have sent out three shipments from Dubai in response to relief efforts to Haiti. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • A U.S. Army helicopter unit unloaded boxes of humanitarian aid to the remote town of Baradères, Haiti, located northeast of Les Cayes on Wednesday. (wvik.org)
  • As of 17 October, it has transported 1,542 metric tonnes of aid to Les Cayes and Jeremie. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • At the airport in Les Cayes, one of the hardest-hit areas, groups of people gathered outside the fence as an aid flight landed and crews unloaded the plane. (nhpr.org)
  • This week, UNICEF said it delivered medical kits to three hospitals in Les Cayes - including gloves, painkillers, antibiotics and syringes - to treat 30,000 earthquake victims. (nhpr.org)
  • However, following a report by Philip Alston , John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law and UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the UN publicly admitted to playing a role in the cholera outbreak and announced a new response that would include renewed investment in cholera control and elimination, and material assistance for victims of cholera. (nyu.edu)
  • We will donate £1,000 for every £2,000 of ad spend passing through one of the country's highest profile large LED screens to the Dec.org Haiti appeal … with immediate effect. (sixteen-nine.net)
  • Mr PIERRE (Haiti)1 said that his country's geographical location had always made it vulnerable to natural disasters. (who.int)
  • The prominent UN mission in Haiti - effectively the country's only operational security force - was neutralized with the destruction of its headquarters. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Chavez pointed out that Haiti was the first free republic in Latin America, and called for reflection on the situation of poverty in the Caribbean country, for which he said capitalism is responsible. (links.org.au)
  • Father Molina's knowledge of the region, his existing relationships with the Church in Latin America, and his deep knowledge and broad experience in the work of the Church will help him transition well into a program that is already recognized for the excellent work Father Andrew Small did to support the USCCB's commitment to the Church in Latin America, especially regarding Haiti. (ncronline.org)
  • During his two years of service as director for the Church in Latin America, Father Small oversaw the grant making program and the development of plans to help the reconstruction of the Church in Haiti in the wake of last year's earthquake. (ncronline.org)
  • The US has delivered "more than 90,000 pounds" or 40 metric tonnes of aid and supplies the AP report continued. (links.org.au)
  • It also loaded the 747B-400 aircraft which belongs to His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with 83 metric tonnes of aid last Thursday. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • Thomson Reuters Foundation examines the reaction of lawyers with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) to a letter U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent to U.S. lawmakers last week, responding to a May 30 letter signed by 19 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. (kff.org)
  • According to the news service, IJDH head Brian Concannon "said the U.N. has refused to consider resolving the cholera victims' claims outside of court, meet with victims or their lawyers, and set up a claims commission as required by its own treaty. (kff.org)
  • According to the news service, "Rights group IJDH says it will take the case against the U.N. to courts in Haiti, the U.S., or Europe" (Moloney, 7/10). (kff.org)
  • Borgne isn't the only town in Haiti that is improving sanitation infrastructure for its residents. (redcross.org)
  • As well as sending test and treatment kits for cholera, they also send water and sanitation aid. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • More than 1,589 permanent two-room homes with sanitation units and access to water have also been built to house displaced earthquake victims. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Haiti has the lowest rates of access to improved water and sanitation infrastructure in the western hemisphere. (cdc.gov)
  • This report examines the history of the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector in Haiti, considering some factors that have influenced WASH conditions in the country. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 In addition, Haiti is the only country of 161 with available sanitation data in which the proportion of the population with access to improved sanitation facilities decreased from 1995 to 2010 for reasons other than a population decrease. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 Damage to infrastructure from the magnitude 7.0 January 2010 earthquake, which killed an estimated 230,000 persons and injured 300,000, likely contributed to this decrease, but sanitation coverage in Haiti had already decreased before the earthquake from the 1990 level of 26% to 17% in 2008. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 Reaching this goal for Haiti would require 74% coverage for improved water and 63% for improved sanitation. (cdc.gov)
  • The earthquake had struck just as Haiti had begun to show positive signs of growth: the security situation had eased and employment had been on the rise. (who.int)
  • Aid is beginning to arrive with more frequency nearly two weeks after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake first struck. (npr.org)
  • In response to the significant human tragedy in Haiti caused by the 7.0 earthquake that struck the capital city of Port-au-Prince earlier this month, Loeb & Loeb will be making a $25,000 contribution to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to support relief efforts. (loeb.com)
  • As the death toll continues to rise in Haiti five days after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country, tensions among the most desperate are rising. (nhpr.org)
  • Among these are the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, the international development agency established by the Catholic Bishops of Canada in 1967, which has already sent $100,000 in emergency aid. (cccb.ca)
  • Throughout Haiti, Red Cross programs have reached nearly 3.2 million people through cholera prevention and outbreak response services. (redcross.org)
  • It's just heartbreaking," says Satterthwaite, noting that the outbreak occurred at the very moment the UN was designing its strategy to address the cholera situation in Haiti. (nyu.edu)
  • Today, January 12, 2017, marks the 7-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake the hit Haiti in 2010. (medshare.org)
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross set up a special website to facilitate family contacts, which allowed people in Haiti and abroad to register the names of relatives whom they wanted to contact. (wikipedia.org)
  • The partnership-part of $19 million that the Red Cross has spent fighting cholera in Haiti-initially focused on dispatching cholera treatment units and oral rehydration points to help people survive the disease. (redcross.org)
  • The people of Haiti cannot wait much longer," he told foreign minister colleagues from more than 20 countries that have expressed support for the mission. (8newsnow.com)
  • As a result, towns like Baradères - a small village tucked in a mountain valley, whose population of roughly 2,000 people are mostly subsistence farmers living in simple, fragile homes made of concrete blocks and sheet metal - have had to wait a week or more for significant aid to begin arriving. (wvik.org)
  • "He was subjected to a sustained and brutal attack over several hours, and from lunchtime until 9pm he said he was tortured by the group," the judge added, adding that the victim was "treated as less than a human by people he knew, all for drugs and money" . (rt.com)
  • Long live the people of Haiti! (links.org.au)
  • More than $520,000 of aid is being flown out of Dubai today to assist more than 800,000 people affected by Hurricane Mathew in Haiti. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • It has so far reached 58,000 people in Haiti with food rations and aid consisting of rice, pulses, vegetable oil and salt. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • Senior JDC professionals are en route to Myanmar today, where they will assess the situation and carry out plans to aid the estimated several hundred thousand cyclone victims without shelter and safe drinking water. (jdc.org)
  • On the final mission, JTF-Haiti transported 14,000 pounds of shelter materials一including aluminum siding, hammers, nail roofing kits, and saws一and food and non-food relief items from DCP to La Pourcine village for Father Rick Frechette, accompanied by a DART member. (southcom.mil)
  • The organization will use the firm's contributions to purchase supplies such as food, water, shelter and first-aid for earthquake victims in critical need. (loeb.com)
  • We also equipped countless medical teams to provide aid to the victims of this catastrophic event. (medshare.org)
  • Some rescue teams, such as the ones from Cuba, arrived in Haiti and started their mission. (wikipedia.org)
  • On that day, over sixty years before the pandemic, Cuba laid the foundations for what would become the discovery of novel drugs, bringing patients to the island, and sending medical aid abroad. (gp.org)
  • The first victim of AIDS died in 1986, and Cuba isolated soldiers returning from war in Angola who tested positive for HIV. (gp.org)
  • But the facts showed that (1) soldiers returning from Africa were overwhelmingly heterosexual (as were most African AIDS victims), (2) Cuba had quarantined dengue patients with no outcry, and (3) the US itself had a history of quarantining patients with tuberculosis, polio, and even AIDS. (gp.org)
  • The Venezuela-Cuba initiated Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA) fair trade bloc, which also includes Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbados, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, has also sent two ships carrying 4761 metric tons of food aid. (links.org.au)
  • Noticias de Cuba, Noticias de Última Hora en Cuba y el Mundo. (cubaheadlines.com)
  • Across Haiti, the U.S. Agency for International Development has distributed some 163,000 pounds of food aid, along with medical supplies and tarps. (wvik.org)
  • On Thursday, 14 January Finland granted 1,250,000 euros in humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. (eurooppatiedotus.fi)
  • In the coming weeks, aid agencies will begin planning how to rebuild what the earthquake destroyed in Haiti. (npr.org)
  • We have to put our heads together to rebuild Haiti," he said. (nhpr.org)
  • But many earthquake victims, refugees and orphans arrived in Milot without these supports. (anewscafe.com)
  • The timeline of rescue efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010 involves the sequence of events in the days following a highly destructive 7.0 Mw earthquake with an epicenter 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aid was urgently required not only in Port-au-Prince, but in nearby settlements. (who.int)
  • FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2010 file photo, an ambulance worker prepares to remove the corpse of a man lying dead in a portable bathroom of a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (phibetaiota.net)
  • Image Credit: "2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report - Rebuilding schools after the 2010 earthquake, Port au Prince, Haiti", Photo by E. Abramson, CC by SA 3.0-igo, via Wikimedia Commons . (oup.com)
  • Two locals would translate Creole, one of the official languages of Haiti, into Spanish. (dailytarheel.com)
  • The native language in Haiti is Creole, while the language of government, education, and all things official is French. (oup.com)
  • in whom unequal susceptibility patterns have long The HIV/AIDS pandemic has greatly contrib- been recognized (Dubos & Dubos, 1952). (cdc.gov)
  • Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday appealed for unity in Haiti. (nhpr.org)
  • At 7pm EST a team of United States Air Force Combat Controllers landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport and established control of Air Traffic Control duties within 28 minutes to assist in humanitarian aid efforts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thanks to its historical, 94 years of operation as a non-political entity and relief organization, JDC personnel has been granted entry visas to carry out humanitarian aid efforts for victims of Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar last week. (jdc.org)
  • In 2008 Bridging the Gap recipients took part in a conference at Morehouse, where they explored, among other things, strategies for improving AIDS education efforts in South Africa. (oprah.com)
  • Graphic depicting updates from U.S. military support to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. (southcom.mil)
  • Its purpose is to identify possible areas of intervention and research in order to increase the participation of this population and its organizations in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • This project should be seen population and its organizations in HIV/AIDS awareness and as the exploratory stage of a broader study that must be made of prevention efforts. (bvsalud.org)
  • Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday it has "grave concerns" for four Canadian staff in Haiti. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Aid organisation Doctors Without Borders has also criticised the US prioritisation of military logistics over food and medical aid, saying planes carrying urgently needed surgical equipment and drugs have been turned away five times, even though the agency received prior authorisation to land. (links.org.au)
  • The presidential palace, public buildings and the offices of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti had collapsed, with the loss of dozens of lives. (who.int)
  • Medical aid for the Haiti earthquake became a military-style operation. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2005, Borgne-located in northern Haiti-had one functional health center run by the community organization Haiti Outreach Pwojè Espwa (H.O.P.E.). The hospital had neither water nor electricity and employed only two medical staff: one doctor and one health auxiliary. (redcross.org)
  • Since 2010, MedShare has delivered 69 forty-foot shipping containers of medical supplies and equipment to Haiti, valued at over $8 million. (medshare.org)
  • As of January 20, the US has donated US$130 million (according to US AID), sent more than 11,200 military personal, 265 government medical personal, five Navy ships, as well as five Coast Guard cutters and seven cargo planes "to assist in aid delivery, support and evacuations", Associated Press (AP) reported. (links.org.au)
  • Speaking at the inauguration of the San Agustín cable car system in Caracas today, Chavez announced that another five ships loaded with food and medical supplies departed for Haiti yesterday, adding, "We have sent one or two Venezuelan soldiers to support and protect the safety of everyone there, but not to militarily occupy them as the US intends to do. (links.org.au)
  • The tents are the only, albeit temporary, home for some earthquake victims and a well-equipped medical center, thanks to donations of supplies and equipment from the Phillips and Simmons Corporations. (anewscafe.com)
  • Dominican president Leonel Fernández visited Haiti to set up an emergency plan for assistance with president René Préval, to include reestablishing communications, rescuing the victims, burying the dead, clearing the rubble, reestablishing the supplies for electricity and water and coordinating the Dominican army with the United Nations Stabilization Mission for the relief operations. (wikipedia.org)
  • But that could be a problem, says Gerald Murray, an anthropologist at the University of Florida who has worked in Haiti for three decades, advising international banks and organizations on aid projects. (npr.org)
  • Republic, and Venezuela by the focal points of the Latin implications for the human rights of immigrants living with the American and Caribbean Council of AIDS Services Organizations infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions. (8newsnow.com)
  • Testing for HIV/AIDS went into high gear, with completion of over 12 million tests by 1993 . (gp.org)
  • More than $70 million dollars in aid for Haiti has been pledged by the Japanese government, including ¥30 million (or ~$357,000) in emergency supplies. (armenianweekly.com)
  • Active in over 200 countries and regions, Caritas has already sent $1.6 million in emergency aid to Southeast Asia. (cccb.ca)
  • As of December 2010, he said Food For The Poor had shipped 1,465 tractor-trailer loads of food, water, medicines and other lifesaving relief aid valued at $205 million to Haiti. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Members of the crowd applauded when Aloma said the $20.7 million dollars collected as Haiti emergency earthquake relief funds by Food For The Poor had been spent by the end of October 2010. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • Aid from Venezuela bound for Haiti. (links.org.au)
  • January 20, 2010 - Venezuelanalysis.com - Venezuela has stepped up its aid effort to Haiti as a second earthquake rocked the Caribbean country again today. (links.org.au)
  • So far Venezuela has sent 616 metric tons of food aid and 116 metric tons of equipment, including water purification systems, electrical generators and heavy equipment for moving rubble. (links.org.au)
  • As attention turns from search and rescue to rebuilding Haiti, experts say that the billions of dollars in aid may be wasted unless money is invested in long-term projects. (npr.org)
  • We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel's most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and lead the Jewish community's response to crises. (jdc.org)
  • Haiti "needs doctors, tents, rescue teams and machinery… Now, who said soldiers, rifles and machine guns are necessary? (links.org.au)
  • rather, she hoped to gain a background in human rights law that could be helpful for international aid work. (nyu.edu)
  • In December 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, ending its $5 billion annual subsidy, disrupting international commerce, and sending the Cuban economy into a free fall that exacerbated AIDS problems. (gp.org)
  • Lewis Lucke, a 27-year veteran of the US Agency for International Development (US AID) was named US special coordinator for relief and reconstruction after the earthquake. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • UNHRD/WFP staff checking the list for items for Haiti affected by hurricane Mathew at International Humanitarian City, Dubai. (khaleejtimes.com)
  • The devastation and immense human suffering caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti resulted in an enormous international humanitarian relief response. (armenianweekly.com)
  • Development and Peace is a member of Caritas Internationalis, a Catholic international aid network based in Rome. (cccb.ca)
  • thought of as an "international pariah because of AIDS" (Chaze, 1983). (bvsalud.org)
  • Aid experts who have worked in the country say that money could be wasted if it isn't used to fix deep-seated problems that have reinforced poverty and even exacerbated the effects of last week's earthquake. (npr.org)
  • The Dominican Republic's willingness to accept victims from Haiti into their country impressed the doctors. (dailytarheel.com)
  • Aloma recalled how a few days before last year's event he returned from the devastated country of Haiti. (foodforthepoor.org)
  • He added that, similarly, in the coming days it will also be open the 252nd corridor in the Republic of Haiti to jointly support the recovery in that country. (cubaheadlines.com)
  • By 1990, when homosexuals had become the island's primary HIV victims, anti-gay prejudice was officially challenged as schools taught that homosexuality was a fact of life. (gp.org)
  • Peruvian companies were providing food donations and other basic aid. (wikipedia.org)
  • For patient education resources, see the First Aid and Injuries Center , as well as Food Poisoning , Poisoning , and Activated Charcoal . (medscape.com)
  • We have victims, and no hospitals to go to," said 14-year-old Edmund Lobobouin, one of the hundreds of Baradères residents who turned out Wednesday for the aid delivery. (wvik.org)
  • Three such victims came to UNC Hospitals for severe burn treatment in January and have since been released. (dailytarheel.com)
  • The "North State for Haiti" team and other volunteers spend a significant amount of time at the tents, assuming responsibility for patient rounds, wound care and dressing changes. (anewscafe.com)
  • That's why Clikingo New Media and Dooh-Media.com are launching Ad-Aid - a pound for pound donation scheme - to raise much needed funds. (sixteen-nine.net)
  • Music For Relief , founded by Linkin Park, is a non-profit organization mainly dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters. (themusicninja.com)