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Interesting article about experimental technology in Haiti relief

Karen B
31 Posts
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Posted 2 years ago
Just saw this article about research a team from Princeton University is doing in building rainwater harvesters and wind turbines for use in disaster / relief situations: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/36/39A37/index.xml?section=topstories,featured Even before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti ...

Haiti WaSH Strategy

Patrick Selvey
5 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 337 Views
Posted 2 years ago, updated 2 years ago
Grace-Connection will be in Haiti on the 16-18 of May. We will have several Hygiene Training Systems with us looking to give them away. We train trainers for disease prevention, water collection, water storage and end use. Our goal is to eliminate preventable waterborne disease and infection. Our Curriculum includes

Hygiene & Disease Prevention Curriculum

Patrick Selvey
5 Posts
2 Votes 5 Replies 685 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years ago
Grace-Connection has developed a hygiene and disease prevention "train the trainer" teaching system that is designed to empower educators who want to teach WaSH principles to the poorest people groups. This curriculum is focused on people who live in areas with unimproved or slightly improved water. Dirt floor villages.

Where are functional clinics and hospitals in Port au Prince?

Paul Penley
2 Posts
0 Votes 6 Replies 437 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
To maximize the 30,000 pounds of medical supplies that Americares will be moving into PAP by Saturday, we are looking for intel on: 1) Ground transportation/security at airport for moving relief supplies 2) Streets or areas to avoid that are impassable by truck 3) Where are functional clinics ...

Available for hire Helicopters/Planes for Haiti

TeamUSGI
1 Post
0 Votes 1 Reply 449 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
The recent devastating earthquake in Haiti is a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions. The magnitude of this crisis is exacerbated by an enduring legacy of poverty, political instability, and an exceptionally poor infrastructure. All of these factors combine to make a normally difficult disaster recovery operation appear seemingly

Building Business for Haiti (Structural Insulated Panel plant)

Drew Harding
6 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 451 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
SENAI has put together a business proposal for a SIP panel manufacturing plant in Haiti to help in the reconstruction but more importantly create enterprise, jobs, affordable housing, skilled training and a profitable local business. We are looking for investors and/or grants to get this project off

Haiti - National Disaster Medical System

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 200 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
The following fact sheet provides NDMS activiation information as of today Feb 3 2010. FACT SHEET: NDMS ACTIVATION U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated additional components of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) to help U.S. hospitals provide care to critically ill survivors of ...

Starfish Community on the Ground in Port Au Prince

Kyle Adams
76 Posts
0 Votes 5 Replies 300 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Colleagues, We would like to update you on the status of the Starfish Community responding to the earthquake. A medical/communcations team arrived in Haiti yesterday and are preparing to set up their clinic in Carrefour. Their mission is primarily medical relief, but some of their services to the community ...

Haiti: Operational Biosurveillance

James Wilson, MD
3 Posts
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Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
Greetings, We are currently supporting epidemic situational awareness for the Haiti response theater. You may follow our Situation Reports one of several ways: Visit our website, “Haiti: Operational Biosurveillance” at http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/haiti_operational_biosurv/ Subscribe to Atom/RSS feed http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/haiti_operational_biosurv/atom.xml Follow our Twitter ...

Leogane Hospital gets Presbyterian Support

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 306 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
LOUISVILLE, KY (ANS) -- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is set to provide $200,000 from funds designated for Haiti to the Hôpital Sainte Croix (Holy Cross Hospital) and the Faculte des Sciences Infirmiere l'Universite Episcopale d'Haiti (FSIL) nursing school in Leogane. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency and ...