Haiti Earthquake

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Background
LIC inadequate housing built close together
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Primary impacts
180,000 homes damaged and 5000 schools, 230,000 died
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Secondary impacts
liquefaction= more damage, government crippled as civil servants killed, cholera outbreak from UN peacekeepers (2900 more deaths), 1.5 million homeless many still 9 years after, $ 8 billion in damage
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Short term responses
International aid, UK disaster emergency committee raised £100 million in emergency supplies and gave bottled water too, 1100 temporary camps set up, local police and troops and international troops helped with the rescue
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Long term responses
infrastructure and homes built away from the high risk zones, 'cash for work scheme' to clear rubble, thousands moved away searching for better QoL, now have improved healthcare and access to more doctors
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