Haiti: health inventory, 1 month after the earthquake

Les Cayes, in southwestern Haiti, after the August 14, 2021 earthquake that hit the country, killing more than 2,200 people.

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By: Caroline Paré Follow

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On August 14, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti, claiming the lives of over 2,200 people and injuring over 12,000. This natural disaster adds to economic and security crises that the country knows, in an already extremely precarious health context.

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What is the state of health of Haiti today?

What are the needs of the affected population?

What is the impact of crime on the activity of health structures?

What are the consequences of the economic crisis on access to healthcare?

  • Amélie Baron

    ,

    RFI

    correspondent

    in Haiti  

  • Dr Jacqueline Gautier

    , National Director of Health of

    Saint Damien Hospital, “

    Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs

    ”

    , in the town of Tabarre, Haiti.

  • Prof. Jean-Hugues Henrys,

    Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the

    University of Notre Dame d'Haïti

    from 2008 to 2017, current Director of

    the Research Team on the Ecology of Infectious and Tropical Diseases ( EREMIT)

    at the Faculty of Health Sciences of

    Quisqueya University

    in Port-au-Prince

  • Carla Melki,

    emergency coordinator of

    Médecins sans Frontières

    , in Port-au-Prince

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