NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – Three weeks after the earthquake in Haiti, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ oldest agency, is still trying to re-establish reliable telephone and internet connections in the country, but also has long-term plans to help build state-of-the-art telecommunication networks there. “We are working[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) is providing medical kits to thousands of expectant mothers in Haiti in case they cannot get medical attention in time and give birth at home or on the streets where they are living after last month’s earthquake. A “clean[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today asked former United States President Bill Clinton, already deeply involved in Haiti before last month’s devastating earthquake as the United Nations Special Envoy to the country, to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts, from emergency response to reconstruction,[Read More…]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – A cacophony of songs and voices drifts from the tented camp as thousands of handheld radios transmit entertainment and, more important, information. A UNICEF public service announcement on nutrition blares out of several radios tuned into Port-au-Prince’s Radio One. The station is just one of[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2010.  The Multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) has conducted its third humanitarian relief mission to Haiti on 2 February 2010, flown by SAC’s operational arm, the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Pápa Air Base in Hungary. The flight delivered supplies to Haiti in response to a massive earthquake[Read More…]

HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2010.  Immediately following Haiti’s devastating earthquake Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams worked around the clock to meet the overwhelming demand for severe trauma or orthopedic surgery. At the same time, MSF also provided emergency obstetrics care for pregnant mothers, including performing more ‘routine’ life-saving operations, such[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2010 – Beyond food, hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel urgently need shelter, with plastic sheeting taking priority over tents, the United Nations reported today in its latest update three weeks after the catastrophe struck the poorest[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2010.  As part of the ongoing medical response to the Haiti earthquake, USAID, the agency coordinating the US Government response, announced today that the 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.[Read More…]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2010 – UNICEF has maintained a presence in Haiti since 1949. The earthquake that struck this country with such disastrous force on 12 January has significantly affected the agency’s capacity to respond, but staff members have been adapting to difficult conditions on the ground. Their work has[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2010.  The American Medical Association announced today its new Web site registry supported by the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) that can easily coordinate the deployment of physicians who are willing to volunteer with federal and private sector response organizations in Haiti. Physicians can sign up at www.ama-assn.org/go/haiti-volunteer.[Read More…]