Submissions: UN Security Council
21st March 2013
Submissions to members of the UN Security Council regarding cholera in Haiti On Monday 18th March, a delegation of HAWG
Daily Archives: 21st March 2013
March 21, 2013
Medical and Field Support Protocols
Phillip Wearne
21st March 2013
UN DPKO Medical and Field Support Protocols
“Ensure Prompt and Appropriate Follow Up”
The crucial steps to be taken if we are to avoid this happening again
In December 2010 the UN Secretary General announced his intention to form an independent panel of experts to investigate and advise on the cholera outbreak in Haiti.
In January 2011, he named the four expert members.
In February they visited Haiti and began their fieldwork.
On May 3 they handed in a 32-page report that began and ended with 7 specific recommendations. Those recommendations are amongst our handouts here.
Read them and you will see that the first three pertain to UN internal procedures, medical screening, treatment, vaccination and sanitation in the field.
Dying in a closing Cholera Treatment Centre
The Haiti Support Group
21st March 2013
Dying in a closing Cholera Treatment Centre.The Secretary General’s Cholera elimination Plan How and why it is already unravelling Just
Martelly and Washington Push For Another “Electoral Hold-Up”
21st March 2013
March 20, 2013 Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté. Original article here March 20, 2013 marks the second anniversary of a patently
Contracting Cholera. What the UN Owes Haiti
21st March 2013
Contracting Cholera. What the UN Owes Haiti. March 20, 2013 Isabeau Doucet, The Nation Picture credits REUTERS/Swoan Parker Original article
Haitian Sweatshops: Made in the U.S.A.
21st March 2013
Haitian Sweatshops: Made in the U.S.A. March 21, 2013 Fran Quigley, In These Times original article here When the shift
Is USAID Mainly Serving U.S. Interests?
21st March 2013
March 19, 2013 Center for Economic and Policy Research original article here An op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday lays out
Haiti’s Prominent Political Party to Run
21st March 2013
Haiti’s Prominent Political Party to Run. March 21, 2013 Trenton Daniel, Montreal Gazette. Original article here PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s
Haitian farmers call for ‘food sovereignty’
21st March 2013
Haitian farmers call for ‘food sovereignty’. March 21, 2013 Global Post. Original article here Hundreds of small farmers have converged
Haiti Moves to Tighten Laws on Sexual Violence
21st March 2013
Haiti Moves to Tighten Laws on Sexual Violence. March 7, 2013 Ansel Herz, Inter Press Service. Original article here Haiti