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Haiti

Haiti Earthquake Situation Report #2 (August 19, 2021)

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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • 500,000+ people in Haiti in need of humanitarian assistance following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

  • Project HOPE’s Emergency Response Team is on the ground in Haiti.

  • Medicine and supply shortages, including wound care supplies and antibiotics, reported at impacted hospitals and health clinics.

  • Ongoing risk of infectious diseases, acute respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, malaria, and COVID-19