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Opinions On Rebuilding Haiti: Role Of U.S., Good Governance Efforts, Orphans, Poverty
Categorie : Aid / DisastersU.S. Must Continue To Support Haiti's Vision For 'Reconfiguration' In McClatchy opinion piece, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) discusses her recent trip to Haiti and outlines the U.S. role in the country's rebuilding. "Congress is committed to helping Haiti recover from this trag ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Ban, Clinton Launch Initiative Allowing Travelers To Donate To Global Health
Categorie : Aid / DisastersFormer President Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Thursday launched MASSIVEGOOD - an initiative that allows travelers to make a $2 donation "to fight deadly diseases whenever they buy a plane ticket, book a hotel room or rent a car," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports ( ...
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Tetanus, Hepatitis Vaccination Campaign Launched In Chile Amid Fears Of Disease Outbreaks
Categorie : Aid / Disasters"Chile launched a hepatitis and tetanus vaccination campaign Friday and doctors warned of outbreaks of diarrhea and infection among thousands of people displaced by the earthquake and the tsunami that heavily damaged or destroyed 36 hospitals and made garbage dumps of coastal towns and cities," th ...
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Politico Opinion Pieces Argue For U.S. Investment In Global Women's Issues
Categorie : Aid / DisastersOn International Women's Day, Politico published two opinion pieces discussing the benefits of U.S. aid to support women overseas. ~ Dana Perino, Politico: "Empowering one woman is an investment in the future of families and countries," Perino -- a former press secretary to President George W. Bush ...
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Haitian President To Meet With Obama As Long-Term Rebuilding Plans Take Shape
Categorie : Aid / DisastersHaitian President Rene Preval is expected to meet with President Barack Obama Wednesday in the U.S. to ask for "billions of dollars to rebuild" Haiti, Agence France-Presse reports. The White House said that Obama will emphasize that the U.S. is a "friend and partner" to Haiti and discuss ways the in ...
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CDC Confirms 11 Malaria Cases In People Who Traveled To Haiti
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe CDC on Thursday said it confirmed that 11 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria "among emergency personnel and Haitian residents who traveled to the U.S.," the Miami Herald reports. "The cases include: seven emergency responders, including six military personnel; three Haitian residents who tra ...
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International Relief And Development Awarded Over $6 Million To Help Haitians Rebuild
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded International Relief and Development (IRD) more than $6 million to help with transitional shelter, sanitation, and infrastructure in Leogane, Haiti. These activities will enable families and communities to achieve long-term recovery a ...
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Food Aid Phase Over For Haiti, Focus Should Be On Jobs, Hurricane Season Preparation, Schools, Haitian President Says
Categorie : Aid / DisastersAt their meeting on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval is expected to ask President Barack Obama to stop food aid to Haiti, Reuters reports. "Preval told a news conference on Monday the aid could in the long term hurt the economy of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere... ...
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Haiti Relief Operations Supported By Navy Scientists
Categorie : Aid / DisastersScientists at the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center are supporting Haiti relief operations... ...
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NATO Statement Endangers Patients In Afghanistan
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today strongly objected to a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in which he implied that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be the "soft power" com ...
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Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; Ugandans Displaced By Landslides; Polio Vaccination Campaign In Nigeria; Famine In Chad
Categorie : Aid / DisastersNearly 50% Of Food Aid Sent To Somalia Never Makes It To People In Need "As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new Security Council repo ...
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Congress Works On Tariff-Lowering Legislation For Haiti As Preval Meets With U.S. Leaders In Washington
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe Senate Finance Committee's chair, Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and top Republican, Charles Grassley (Iowa), are working with colleagues in the House on legislation that would lower tariffs in an effort to help Haiti's apparel industry and help the country recover from the major January earthquake, CQ P ...
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American Red Cross Passes The $100 Million Mark In Aid For Haiti Earthquake Relief And Recovery
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe American Red Cross announced it is allocating an additional $24.4 million for Haiti earthquake relief and recovery, increasing its total commitment to date to $106.4 million... ...
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Obama Renews Promise To Assist With Haiti's Earthquake Recovery During Preval's Visit To The White House
Categorie : Aid / Disasters"President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed," the Associated Press/TIME reports (Feller, 3/10)... ...
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Opinions: Haiti Corruption; Financial Sector Tax, G8 Promises; Investing In Women
Categorie : Aid / DisastersPreval's Response To Corruption Queries Is 'A Public Relations Debacle' A Washington Post editorial reflects on Haitian President Rene Preval's response to U.S... ...
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Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; South Africa's HIV/AIDS Plan; Zimbabwe's Food Needs; Medical Personnel, Vaccines In Bangladesh; More
Categorie : Aid / DisastersWFP Agrees To Cooperate With Probe Of Its Operations In Somalia The World Food Program (WFP) "said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the nation's hungry people does n ...
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DRC: Thousands Of Displaced Civilians Trapped By Conflict, Wounded Unable To Reach Hospitals In Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu
Categorie : Aid / DisastersMedical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the rapidly worsening situation in the isolated area of Hauts Plateaux in the region of Uvira, South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... ...
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Johns Hopkins Doctor And Disaster Expert Says Resource Problems In Haiti Required Difficult Ethical Decision-Making
Categorie : Aid / DisastersIn an essay published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Johns Hopkins emergency physician outlines how he and other physicians who worked in Haiti after the earthquake had to make emotionally difficult ethical decisions daily in the face of a crushing wave o ...
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UNICEF To Provide Support To Nearly One Million Children Affected By Earthquake In Chile
Categorie : Aid / DisastersUNICEF will provide assistance to the estimated one million children and their families affected by the earthquake in Chile which struck on 27 February. It is unclear how much more damage the second quake today has caused, but the first quake followed by a tsunami caused widespread damage and over 5 ...
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American Red Cross Issues Two-Month Progress Report For Haiti Earthquake
Categorie : Aid / DisastersThe American Red Cross today issued a two-month progress report describing its efforts since the January 12 earthquake and sharing its plans to address longer-term needs such as emergency and longer-term shelter... ...
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