Miami Book Fair International November 20, 2010
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HAITI AFTER THE HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE PAUL FARMER, MD, PhD PAUL FARMER, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital Brigham and Women’s Hospital Partners In Health Partners In Health Miami Book Fair International November 20, 2010
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HAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKEHAITI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE
PAUL FARMER, MD, PhDPAUL FARMER, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolBrigham and Women’s HospitalBrigham and Women’s HospitalPartners In HealthPartners In Health
Miami Book Fair InternationalNovember 20, 2010
March 2003
September 2003, six months later
Public-private partnerships Lacolline, 2007-2008
Public-private partnershipsZL/PIH/MOH in Haiti
General Hospital (HUEH) nursing school collapse
Haiti’s earthquake in contextUn-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.
Haiti earthquake: acute response
Source: US Comfort image from Grant Traverse Herald Archives: archives.gtherald.com.
PIH/ZL/MOH sitePlanned teaching hospitalUniversity Hospital (HUEH)
Haiti earthquake: acute response
Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic
Source: AP
Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic250,000 cubic meters rubble removed: 2% of total
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.
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.
Diagnosis: acute-on-chronic
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.
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”
Building back better
Nicholas Clark Architects
Mesi anpilThank you
