Disaster

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Overview

Heavy rains from 6 to 10 October caused important flooding in Haiti’s southern departments of Sud, Nippes and Grande Anse. Two people are reported to be missing in Port-à-Piment, Sud department. According to preliminary estimates, 416 households have been evacuated to emergency shelters (OCHA, 11 Oct 2011).

Affected countries

Haiti
Haiti: Floods - Oct 2011 — 40 found
03 Feb 2012
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Haiti
Haiti: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of January 2012) (EN/FR) - updated 31 Jan 2012

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Haiti is still facing important humanitarian needs with more than 515,000 people living in camps, a cholera epidemic that so far claimed the lives of 7,025 people and a situation of food insecurity affecting more than 45 per cent of the population.
An other risk factor is Haiti’s high level of vulnerability to natural disasters, particularly during the rain and hurricane season from April to November.

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31 Jan 2012
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Haiti
Haiti: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of January 2012) (EN/FR)

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Haiti is still facing important humanitarian needs with close to 520,000 people living in camps, a cholera epidemic that so far claimed the lives of 7,000 people and a situation of food insecurity affecting more than 45 per cent of the population. Other risk factors include Haiti’s high level of vulnerability to natural disasters, particularly during the rain and hurricane seasons from April to November.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

16 Jan 2012
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Haiti
Observatoire de securite alimentaire du Nord’Est (OSANE) Bulletin d’information Vol. # 10 Période couverte : Oct-Novembre 2011

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Government of Haiti
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Résumé exécutif

La situation alimentaire pour la période d’octobre/novembre a été influencée par trois principaux facteurs: la baisse du prix du poisson, les récoltes en cours et l’augmentation des cas de choléra. La baisse du prix du poisson a eu une incidence positive sur la disponibilité et l’accessibilité de ce produit. En effet, l’augmentation de la production des espèces de poisson, capturées au moyen des dispositifs de concentration (DCP), a permis une chute d’environ 35% des prix de ce fruit de mer sur le marché.

11 Jan 2012
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Haiti
Observatoire de la sécurité alimentaire du Sud (OSAS) - Bulletin d’informations Période couverte : Decembre 2011

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Catholic Relief Services, Government of Haiti
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RÉSUMÉ DE LA SITUATION ALIMENTAIRE

Les conditions de disponibilité alimentaire demeurent toujours précaires au niveau du Département du Sud, conséquemment à la réduction des activités agricoles au niveau des différentes communes. En effet, contrairement aux campagnes agricoles précédentes, une très faible superficie a été cultivée pour la saison d’automne. Les conditions climatiques défavorables (sécheresse), le manque de fertilisants et de semences de qualité, etc., sont autant de facteurs qui expliquent la chute de la production agricole pour la période considérée.

27 Dec 2011
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
and 7 others
Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela fortalece principios humanitarios con hermanas naciones en emergencias

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(MPPRIJ-Prensa-26/12/11). El Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela en su gesto de solidaridad y cooperación con naciones o regiones, que han sufrido crisis como consecuencia de catástrofes naturales, ha mantenido una hermosa trayectoria en su haber de principios humanitarios, una vez que responde de manera inmediata a las solicitudes de urgencia emanadas por las embajadas de los países que lo requieren.

27 Dec 2011
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Haiti
Observatoire de la sécurité alimentaire du Sud (OSAS) - Bulletin d’informations Période couverte : Novembre 2011

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Catholic Relief Services, Government of Haiti
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RÉSUMÉ DE LA SITUATION ALIMENTAIRE

Les conditions de disponibilité alimentaire demeurent toujours précaires au niveau du Département du Sud, conséquemment à la réduction des activités agricoles au niveau des différentes communes. En effet, contrairement aux campagnes agricoles précédentes, une très faible superficie a été cultivée pour la saison d’automne. Les conditions climatiques défavorables (sécheresse), le manque de fertilisants et de semences de qualité, etc., sont autant de facteurs qui expliquent la chute de la production agricole pour la période considérée.

19 Dec 2011
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World
and 29 others
The FAO Component of the Consolidated Appeals 2012

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Food and Agriculture Organization
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FOREWORD

Every year, the plight and needs of many of the world’s most vulnerable people are described in the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). This year’s CAP spans 18 countries and outlines needs across key sectors.

The 2012 CAP clearly highlights that food insecurity continues to be compounded by protracted crisis situations, more frequent natural disasters, conflict, volatile food prices, harsh economic conditions and climate change.

15 Dec 2011
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Haiti
For Haiti, climate change is more present fear than horrible imagining

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Posted by Prospery Raymond

Thursday 15 December 2011 02.00 EST

The Durban delay might mean little elsewhere, but in Haiti deforestation and drought are problems of the here and now

For people in the UK, a weak deal at Durban on climate change may be disappointing, but it is not something that will affect their everyday life – at least not for some years to come.

09 Dec 2011
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Haiti
Food Security Outlook Update - November 2011

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Famine Early Warning System Network
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Ongoing harvests help improve the food security of poor households

  • Food security conditions are steadily improving with ongoing harvests staggered over a longer-than-usual span of time due to the late start of the rains and the lag in the planting of crops. Households in most parts of the country are currently in IPC Phase 1 (with minimal acute food insecurity).

05 Dec 2011
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Haiti
Situation Report Haiti Operation November 2011

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1. GENERAL OVERVIEW

• November - final month of the official Caribbean Hurricane Season. No serious weather-related problems arose in the past four weeks. Tropical Storm “Sean” moved across the Atlantic Ocean towards the Caribbean Sea in the second week; however path projections indicated early on that it would be unlikely for the tropical system to have an impact on Haiti, as it was soon moving away, passing by the Bermudas.

02 Dec 2011
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Haiti
US$231 million needed for 2012, as people continue to cope with aftermath of earthquake, storms and cholera

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Almost two years after the devastating earthquake of January 2010, Haiti is showing signs of progress, but hundreds of thousands of people still need help, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Nigel Fisher has warned.

Speaking to reporters in New York and Geneva ahead of the 2012 appeal launch for Haiti, Mr. Fisher said investment in recovery efforts and long-term development were the solution to many of the problems the country faces today.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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23 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Mise à jour des perspectives de la sécurité alimentaire - Novembre 2011

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Famine Early Warning System Network
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Des récoltes en cours contribuent à l’amélioration alimentaire des ménages pauvres

  • La sécurité alimentaire continue de s’améliorer. Les récoltes en cours et leur échelonnement sur une plus longue période à cause du décalage dans le régime pluvial et le semis des champs favorisent cet état de fait. Dans la plupart des régions du pays, les ménages sont actuellement en insécurité alimentaire minime.

22 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Haiti : Appel global 2012

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  1. Résumé Exécutif

Depuis le tremblement de terre de janvier 2010, le contexte en Haïti a évolué. Bien que des défis significatifs resten—déplacés vivant dans les camps, la continuation de l’épidémie de choléra et la croissante insécurité alimentaire—des progrès significatifs ont été accomplis dans les différents secteurs de la réponse humanitaire ainsi que face à l’épidémie de choléra.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

18 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Haiti Food Security Outlook October 2011 - March 2012

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Famine Early Warning System Network
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Key Messages

The size of the national food-insecure population is declining due to ongoing harvests, which have been underway since August and which are expected to extend into January/February of next year. Markets are well-stocked with imported as well as locally grown foodstuffs.

18 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Boletín del grupo de acción sanitaria: respuesta al cólera y después del terremoto en Haití - 7 de noviembre del 2011

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Government of Haiti, Pan American Health Organization
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Aspectos destacados

• Actualmente hay 29 CTC, 163 UTC y 766 puestos de rehidratación oral en funcionamiento en el país.

15 Nov 2011
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Haiti
and 1 other
Earthquake and Cholera Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

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US Agency for International Development
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

  • Heavy rainfall in mid-October in Nippes and South departments raised concerns within the Government of Haiti (GoH) Department of Civil Protection (DPC) that resulting flooding could exacerbate the spread of cholera in affected areas. In response, with funding from USAID’s Office of U.S Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) distributed commodities, including hygiene kits, from its local warehouses to affected populations.

14 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Haiti: Humanitarian Snapshot - Cholera (October 2011)

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Abundant rains in September and October triggered important cholera outbreaks accross the country, particularly in the Nord, Sud and Nippes departments as well as in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. It also appears that outbreaks of cholera registered in the country since the end of the first peak in June are much more severe, though more localized.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

08 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Bulletin du groupe sectoriel santé : Réponse au choléra et après le tremblement de terre en Haïti – No. 29

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Government of Haiti, Pan American Health Organization
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Points saillants

Il y a actuellement 29 Centres de traitement du choléra (CTC), 163 Unités de traitement du choléra (UTC) et 766 Centres de réhydratation orale (CRO) en fonctionnement dans le pays.

07 Nov 2011
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Haiti
Bulletin du groupe sectoriel santé : Réponse au choléra et après le tremblement de terre en Haïti – No.29

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Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
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Points saillants

Il y a actuellement 29 Centres de traitement du choléra (CTC), 163 Unités de traitement du choléra (UTC) et 766 Centres de réhydratation orale (CRO) en fonctionnement dans le pays.