region: Haiti, Carribean -> Haiti, Caribbean

name: International Medical Corps (HEALTH CLUSTER) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL FIELD HOSPITALS/MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPS) -> International Medical Corps - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL FIELD HOSPITALS/MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPS)

notes: HEALTH CLUSTER DETAILS: MAIN ACTIVITIES/OFFERS: Nutrition, primary health, hospital support, mental health, assessments LOCATIONS: University Hospital HUEH, Gressier 1) Ministry of Health Public Dispensary 2) community clinic, Petionville Club, Bolosse - L'Ecole Bolosse, Petit Goave 1) L'Ecole des Souers de Sagesse 2) Beatrice 3) Banagner (by boat) 4) Plafaun (by boat) 5) Cocoiya (by boat) 6) Petite Guinea (previously Avenue Simone) Jacmel - 5 public dispensaries Merigoane Psychatric Hospital PAP St. Louis Church Carrefour - Freres des Salicients de Don Bosco Compound HUMAN RESOURCES: 1 psychiatrist, 1 nutritionist, 7 nurses, 27 doctors PARTNERED WITH: UNOCHA, Government of Haiti FUTURE PLANS: Health Care for Earthquake-Affected Populations in Haiti, Improving Institutional Capacity to Address Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs in Haiti. March 2010-February 2011 Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor, to be coordinated with Health Cluster to shift or expand based on needs and identified gaps --------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> From Relief Web: International Medical Corps Mobilizes Teams, Supplies Across Haiti in Preparation for Tropical Storm Tomas Source: International Medical Corps (IMC) Date: 04 Nov 2010 Contact in Haiti: Michael Dockrey - Country Director, Haiti mdockrey @ InternationalMedicalCorps.org +509.3650.9068 Crystal Wells - Communications Officer, Haiti cwells @ InternationalMedicalCorps.org +509.3814.8437 +1 617.913.0794 November 4, 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Tropical Storm Tomas, which is projected to hit Port-au-Prince and other earthquake-affected areas in the west, poses a serious danger for Haiti's more than one million displaced. Tropical storm conditions can result in extremely strong winds, heavy rainfall, flash floods and mudslides which could devastate the temporary tent shelters, spread waterborne disease, and isolate towns and villages along Haiti's coast and in its mountainous areas. International Medical Corps is working to prepare communities in and around Port-au-Prince and the coastal cities of Petit Goave and Jacmel by distributing storm preparedness information, stockpiling and pre-positioning medicines and other essential supplies, and preparing our network of 14 primary health care clinics and medical teams to deliver lifesaving care following the storm. "International Medical Corps is extremely concerned with the possibility that Tropical Storm Tomas may hit already vulnerable tent cities erected after the earthquake," says Dr. Jojo Cangao, International Medical Corps medical director in Haiti. "A storm of this projected magnitude could devastate the camps, cause widespread waterborne disease as well as hasten the spread of the cholera outbreak." International Medical Corps has mobilized Emergency Response Teams and is educating at-risk communities in preparation for Tomas, which is expected to make landfall in Haiti as early as Thursday late afternoon. Additional medical supplies are also being delivered at an accelerated pace to Cholera Emergency Response Teams in Artibonite, in Haiti's northern region, so that the ongoing response to the recent cholera outbreak can continue. International Medical Corps has also positioned a medical team in Les Cayes and is preparing its boat clinic to access isolated and cut-off coastal villages west of Petit Goave following the storm. International Medical Corps is also planning to expand boat clinic operations, which currently provide primary medical care, and water and sanitation services to five isolated coastal communities west of Petit Goave, to reach these areas with vital health care and supplies. International Medical Corps is a key member of local and regional emergency planning and preparedness groups, which have been meeting since Tomas was first identified as a potential threat. We also have been training community groups, including teachers associations and Boy Scouts, for months in preparation for hurricane season as part of our ongoing disaster risk reduction work. The tropical storm could also worsen Haiti's cholera outbreak by flooding already contaminated water sources, spreading the epidemic further. International Medical Corps is working with donors and partners to send additional medicines and supplies to handle higher case numbers, and mobilizing doctors and nursing professionals in the event the outbreak does spread. International Medical Corps has already redeployed two full clinic medical teams to the northern areas where the cholera outbreak is most prevalent, and employed nurses and doctors to augment already stretched medical staff at hospitals and clinics in the region. -------------------------------------------- HEALTH CLUSTER DETAILS: MAIN ACTIVITIES/OFFERS: Nutrition, primary health, hospital support, mental health, assessments LOCATIONS: University Hospital HUEH, Gressier 1) Ministry of Health Public Dispensary 2) community clinic, Petionville Club, Bolosse - L'Ecole Bolosse, Petit Goave 1) L'Ecole des Souers de Sagesse 2) Beatrice 3) Banagner (by boat) 4) Plafaun (by boat) 5) Cocoiya (by boat) 6) Petite Guinea (previously Avenue Simone) Jacmel - 5 public dispensaries Merigoane Psychatric Hospital PAP St. Louis Church Carrefour - Freres des Salicients de Don Bosco Compound HUMAN RESOURCES: 1 psychiatrist, 1 nutritionist, 7 nurses, 27 doctors PARTNERED WITH: UNOCHA, Government of Haiti FUTURE PLANS: Health Care for Earthquake-Affected Populations in Haiti, Improving Institutional Capacity to Address Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs in Haiti. March 2010-February 2011 Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor, to be coordinated with Health Cluster to shift or expand based on needs and identified gaps --------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

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mission: International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. -> International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

name: International Medical Corps - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL FIELD HOSPITALS/MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPS) -> International Medical Corps (HEALTH CLUSTER) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake (MEDICAL FIELD HOSPITALS/MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPS)
notes: HEALTH CLUSTER DETAILS/FUTURE PLANS: Health Care for Earthquake-Affected Populations in Haiti, Improving Institutional Capacity to Address Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs in Haiti. March 2010-February 2011 Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor, to be coordinated with Health Cluster to shift or expand based on needs and identified gaps PARTNERED WITH: UNOCHA, Government of Haiti --------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> HEALTH CLUSTER DETAILS: MAIN ACTIVITIES/OFFERS: Nutrition, primary health, hospital support, mental health, assessments LOCATIONS: University Hospital HUEH, Gressier 1) Ministry of Health Public Dispensary 2) community clinic, Petionville Club, Bolosse - L'Ecole Bolosse, Petit Goave 1) L'Ecole des Souers de Sagesse 2) Beatrice 3) Banagner (by boat) 4) Plafaun (by boat) 5) Cocoiya (by boat) 6) Petite Guinea (previously Avenue Simone) Jacmel - 5 public dispensaries Merigoane Psychatric Hospital PAP St. Louis Church Carrefour - Freres des Salicients de Don Bosco Compound HUMAN RESOURCES: 1 psychiatrist, 1 nutritionist, 7 nurses, 27 doctors PARTNERED WITH: UNOCHA, Government of Haiti FUTURE PLANS: Health Care for Earthquake-Affected Populations in Haiti, Improving Institutional Capacity to Address Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs in Haiti. March 2010-February 2011 Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor, to be coordinated with Health Cluster to shift or expand based on needs and identified gaps --------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago
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mission: International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. -> International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

notes: FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> HEALTH CLUSTER DETAILS/FUTURE PLANS: Health Care for Earthquake-Affected Populations in Haiti, Improving Institutional Capacity to Address Psychosocial and Mental Health Needs in Haiti. March 2010-February 2011 Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor, to be coordinated with Health Cluster to shift or expand based on needs and identified gaps PARTNERED WITH: UNOCHA, Government of Haiti --------------------------------------- FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago
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areas_served: Haiti -> Port au Prince, Pétionville, Jacmel, Carrefour to Miragoane corridor
mission: International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. -> International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

notes: In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> FROM THE SITE: Mobile and Static Clinics in Underserved Areas As of February 19, 2010 International Medical Corps is operating 15 mobile clinic sites covering 18 sites. Outside Port-au-Prince, International Medical Corps operations now include Petit-Goave, Grande Goave, Petionville, Boloise, Carrefour, Jacmal, Gressier, and Miragoane. Services, including emergency and primary health care, maternal and child health, immunization and communicable disease surveillance, and health education, are provided through a combination of both static and mobile medical clinics. We’re currently supporting 6 static clinics in underserved areas. Mobile sites are referring severely malnourished to Stabilization Centers where they will receive fortified food and specialized medical care. In the Dominican Republic, International Medical Corps have a doctor and a nurse working in Hôpital Bon Samaritain near the border. In the first ten days after the earthquake, 270 patients were transported into hospital for acute medical care. Our assessment teams have identified local health care workers already working in existing clinics that need additional support. We will supplement existing, very limited services with additional personnel, supplies and medicines. International Medical Corps will work with local health care providers to train clinical medical professionals and community health workers to fill the gaps left from the death and displacement of health workers, as well as the damage of health infrastructure. Currently we are seeing 50 to 100 patients a day at each clinic and we anticipate this will remain constant over the next 3 months. Through the mobile and static clinics International Medical Corps is reaching a target population of 320,000. ------------------------------------------------------------- In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 ------------------------------------------------------- January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

notes: In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner @imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells @imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

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notes: In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org 6 additional field hospitals are scheduled to open in the coming days. Our emergency medical team is working at the De'l Universite d'etat d'Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning. We established an emergency surgery facility in conjunction with other NGOs where 30 to 50 surgeries are performed each day. Tetanus is a major concern in the weeks after a disaster. To prevent future cases, our team is leading a tetanus immunization program on the hospital campus and has already vaccinated over 300 people! The team has recruited Haitian medical students to help and is training them to provide basic first aid and assist with more advance care. SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

notes: In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=495 http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

notes: In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org SEE VOLUNTEER NEEDS AT: http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331 January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

notes: On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> In Haiti: Margaret Aguirre Director of Global Communications +881.641.470.976 – Satellite Phone In Washington, DC: Rebecca Milner VP, Institutional Advancement (202) 828.5155 - office (202) 340.1476 – cell rmilner@imcworldwide.org In Chicago: Crystal Wells Communications Officer (617) 913.0794 - cell cwells@imcworldwide.org January 20, 2010, Los Angeles, Calif. – A 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit Haiti at 6:03 am Eastern Time. All International Medical Corps staff and medical teams are unharmed and are now working to assess the damage left by the strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago. “We are concerned about areas closer to the epicenter,” says Margaret Aguirre, Director of Communications for International Medical Corps. “The extent of the damages and injuries from this aftershock are not yet clear.” International Medical Corps has set up a mobile medical unit in Leogane, the epicenter of last week’s earthquake, providing emergency medical care to survivors. They are part of a larger mission that includes nurses, physicians, and International Medical Corps staff working throughout Port-au-Prince, including the Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, a 700-bed hospital that is barely functioning where International Medical Corps is working to establish an emergency surgery facility with other NGOs. International Medical Corps is also supporting medical posts throughout Port-au-Prince and operating out of a makeshift clinic at the Villa Creole Hotel. “We have partnered with other humanitarian leaders, including Hope for Haiti, Heart to Heart, AmeriCares, Bridge Foundation, Project Hope, International Relief Teams, and International Health Partners UK, to get critical medicines and supplies into Port-au-Prince,” says Aguirre. “Our team has secured and delivered, millions in medications and medical supplies, including tetanus hyper immune globulin.” <!--[endif]--> International Medical Corps is also working with a group of Haitian medical students to train them in basic first aid and more advanced care. “With much of the health care infrastructure completely devastated, we are already working to build the capacity of Haiti’s health workers through training and education,” says Aguirre. “This is embodies our mission – from relief to self-reliance – and is International Medical Corps’ priority so that communities get the support they need to recover.” ===================== On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

notes: From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> On January 12, a 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles south of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. ------------------------------------------------------ From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago

mission: -> International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

notes: from the webiste (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago -> From the website (also note Twitter updates for this org): International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Port-au-Prince assisting survivors of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday. The team is providing medical care outside the general hospital near the Presidential Palace where hundreds of people have congregated for help. Estimated 2.5 to 3 million people are expected be affected. Earthquake triggered mudslides, collapsed buildings, and knocked out power and communications lines. Injuries and loss of life are predicted to be substantial. People reportedly trapped under rubble and much of Port-au-Prince is destroyed. Other members of the Emergency Response Team are conducting a rapid needs assessment and visiting hospitals around the city to explore their condition. In addition to emergency medical care, survivors of the earthquake are likely to be in immediate need of food and water, as well as non-food items like blankets, tents, stoves, and water purification equipment. Public health is a major concern as well. International Medical Corps will also focus on providing emergency shelter and other essential items in its relief effort. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. TWITTER UPDATES Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps relief effort. (U must respond YES to the txt U... http://bit.ly/7Bi8D2 13 minutes ago #Donate at http://www.IMCWorldwide.org or Text HAITI to 85944 to give $10 via mobile Phone #Haiti about an hour ago
region: -> Haiti, Carribean
organization: Medical Services -> Non-Profit Medical First Responders
areas_served: -> Haiti

state: -> HT