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1 HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE PAUL FARMER, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital Partners In Health Miami Book Fair International November 20, 2010

2 March 2003

3 September 2003, six months later

4 Public-private partnerships Lacolline, 2007-2008

5 Public-private partnerships ZL/PIH/MOH in Haiti

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7 General Hospital (HUEH) nursing school collapse

8 Haiti’s earthquake in context Un-natural disaster Source: Cavallo E., A. Powell, and O. Becerra, “Estimating the Direct Economic Damage of the Earthquake in Haiti,” IDB Working Paper Series #IDB-WP-163, February 2010.

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10 Haiti earthquake: acute response Source: US Comfort image from Grant Traverse Herald Archives: archives.gtherald.com.

11 PIH/ZL/MOH site Planned teaching hospital University Hospital (HUEH)

12 Haiti earthquake: acute response

13 Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic Source: AP

14 Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic 250,000 cubic meters rubble removed: 2% of total

15 Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic  Over 2 million people affected by earthquake  1.3 million people in settlement sites  13,000 temporary shelters built; only 10% of the need Source: OCHA, Haiti Situation Report, October 12.

16 Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic Source: preliminary results of survey conducted by Dr. Louise Ivers using Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). Photo courtesy of: St. Felix Evens/Reuters.

17 Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic

18 Cholera in Haiti  Cholera confirmed Oct 22nd by Haitian Ministry of Health and CDC within 48 hrs of outbreak of acute watery diarrhea in the lower Artibonite  As of Nov 16th (per MSPP):  > 16,000 hospitalizations  > 1,000 deaths  Artibonite and Centre departments most heavily affected  Confirmed in PaP IDPs by Nov 8th Source: OCHA, “Haiti Situation Report No. 18.” November 16, 2010.

19 Cholera in Haiti: ZL response  6 Cholera Treatment Centers  Partners: MSF-Spain, MSF-Belgium, Project Medishare, Cuban Delegation, MSPP, British Red Cross, J/PHRO  Community water filters permanently installed; water trucks for most-affected communities  Partners: Operation Blessing, Yele Haiti  Community, school, radio education campaigns  Partner: MSPP  ORS & hygiene kits distributed in rural areas by CHWs; hospital referrals  1298 new CHWs trained in ORS & “community-level prevention”

20 Building back better

21 Nicholas Clark Architects

22 Mesi anpil Thank you


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