21. New Report: "Foreign Responsibility in the Failure to Protect Against Cholera and Other Man-Made Disasters"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, sanitation)

... during the outbreak of cholera, water and sanitation services are ab-solutely essential.   To read the full report, click here. ...

22. Relief and Reconstruction: The Year in Review, Part II
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, reconstruction, sanitation, disease, ngos)

Various journalists who have covered Haiti over the past year have published essays today with their thoughts, reflections, sentiments, and recollections. Notable among them is this one from the AP’s Jonathan ...

23. Relief and Reconstruction: The Year in Review, Part I
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, doctors without borders, reconstruction, sanitation, disease, ngos, red cross)

 Ahead of Wednesday’s one-year anniversary of the earthquake, NGO’s, international agencies, and media outlets are issuing various summaries of what has been (and has not been) accomplished over the past ...

24. U.S., WHO Preparing for Cholera Epidemic in Haiti “For Years to Come”
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, sanitation, disease)

Media reports say over 800 people have now died from cholera in Haiti, including at least 10 so far in Port-au-Prince, where some 278 cases have been detected. To deal with the worsening crisis, the UN ...

25. Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Whodunit
(Matching tags: un, minustah, sanitation, hurricane season)

MINUSTAH is under increasing scrutiny as investigators consider whether Haiti’s cholera outbreak may have begun at a base in Mirebalais, on a tributary of the Artibonite River, used by a Nepalese MINUSTAH ...

26. With Heavy Rains Forecasted, Better Shelter Must be Priority
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, sanitation)

AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski reported yesterday that severe rains are expected in Haiti this week, with the possibility of flooding and mudslides. Sosnowski writes: An average ...

27. Diphtheria Outbreak Leads to Emergency Vaccination Program
(Matching tags: sanitation, disease, unicef, who, sean penn)

Just over a week ago, CNN aired a report with Sean Penn on the case of Oriel, a 15 year old who contracted diphtheria and eventually died. We wrote then: The report does a good job describing how - despite ...

28. CNN: "The situation in some camps could be life threatening"
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, sanitation)

Although the Shelter Cluster is reporting that 99.6 percent of those in need have received some sort of shelter, a report from CNN shows just how inadequate that shelter is. CNN reports on the situation ...

29. Scrutiny of Red Cross Effort Grows
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, sanitation, red cross, relief efforts)

... According to their own numbers, the Red Cross network had built just 200 latrines in the previous month. Since along with shelter, sanitation provision is a top priority, this seems like a low number. ...

30. Concerns About Shelter and Sanitation Persist Three Months After Earthquake
(Matching tags: rainy season, un, shelter, sanitation, red cross)

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released their updated Situation Report today (PDF). The report reveals that the distribution of shelter materials has reached 90 percent ...

31. MSF: "Shelter, Hygiene and Basic Living Conditions Are Not Being Met"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, doctors without borders, tarps, tents, sanitation, medical, msf)

... some two months after the earthquake, it must be said that this solidarity has not always been reflected in actual aid on the ground, mainly in terms of shelter and sanitation. Gadenne adds: There ...