HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2010. The core medical activities in Haiti are still very much focused on treating people who were injured in the January 12 earthquake, with surgery continuing and post-operative care expanding. But as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Emergency Medical Coordinator Rosa Crestani explains, there is a new[Read More…]
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Historic Park in Haiti’s Capital Overflows with Quake Survivors
Port-au-Prince, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–26 Jan 2010 – There is surely no more symbolic site in Haiti than Champs de Mars, Port-au-Prince’s main park and place of political power. On the park’s west side sits the now ruined Presidential Palace. To the north is the Dessalines barracks—which has been reduced to a façade—named[Read More…]
5,000-Bed Hospital to Increase Haitian Medical Capacity
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 26, 2010 – U.S. and international relief workers in Haiti are developing a 5,000-bed hospital in the capital of Port-au-Prince to increase medical capacity as the country struggles to recover two weeks after a devastating earthquake struck. Among other facilities, the hospital will accept patients from the floating hospital[Read More…]
Haitian Leadership Vital to Post-Quake Response – UN Relief Officials
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2010 – Haitians must have leadership of the post-earthquake recovery process, top United Nations humanitarian officials stressed today as they reported that aid agencies are making important progress in reaching people affected by the disaster. Significant steps forward are being made in the areas of water and[Read More…]
After Five Days Buried Alive in Haiti, UN Worker Recalls Moment of Rescue
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2010 – For five days, Jens Kristensen felt like he was living in a coffin. Under the twisted mountain of rubble of the United Nations headquarters in Haiti, the aid worker was enclosed in a five-foot long space so dark that it made no difference if his[Read More…]
Charlie’s Ride: London Boy, 7, Gets on His Bike to Raise £150,000-Plus For Haiti Appeal
LONDON, United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2010 – In a stirring example of the generosity seen worldwide in the aftermath of the 12 January earthquake in Haiti, Charlie Simpson, 7, has raised tens of thousands of British pounds for children in Haiti by completing a five-mile sponsored cycle around his local park.[Read More…]
House Passes Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2010. Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed, S. 2949, legislation to provide crucial assistance to American survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. Following such events abroad, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses the Repatriation program to reimburse States for the costs necessary[Read More…]
WHO Statement at the Council of Europe Hearing on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Strasbourg–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2010. WHO is pleased to take part in this hearing, and thanks the Council of Europe for taking this initiative. The H1N1 influenza pandemic has created immensely complicated challenges for countries as well as the global community. At the same time, rising to this challenge has created an[Read More…]
Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Aid U.S. Citizens Returning from Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and George LeMieux (R-Fla.), hailed the Senate passage of legislation to provide $25 million in additional funding for the U.S. Repatriation Program, which currently[Read More…]
Senior UN Health Official Refutes Accusations of Inflating Risk of H1N1 Flu Pandemic
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2010 – The top United Nations flu official today rejected allegations that the World Health Organization (WHO) exaggerated the severity of the H1N1 influenza pandemic under pressure from business interests. “Let me state clearly for the record. The influenza pandemic policies and responses recommended and taken by[Read More…]
