Hard lessons from recovery in Haiti
Posted on 02/16/10
Join PIH physician Dr. Evan Lyon for a presentation on his recent trip to Haiti and a Q&A.
Dr. Evan Lyon has been a volunteer physician with Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante for over a decade. He participated in PIH's initial response to the earthquake on January 12, 2010 - just over one month ago. Since that time, the official death toll has reached 230,000 and continues to climb. At least 1.5 million are out of their homes - many have migrated back to the countryside. Those who remain in and around Port-au-Prince occupy makeshift refugee centers.
Dr. Lyon spoke about his two weeks at the University General Hospital (HUEH) in Port-au-Prince where PIH has helped coordinate efforts to bring this--the largest hospital in Haiti and its only public teaching hospital--back into a functional facility. .
The webcast took place at 8:00 pm EST on Tuesday, February 16. Watch a recording of the webcast below.
Suggested background reading:
"Haiti: A Creditor, not a Debtor" by Naomi Klein
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100301/klein
"'Break Hearts Open' in Haiti" by Evan Lyon:
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/haitiearthquake/2010/02/20102272125725938.html
"Fault Lines: The Politics of Rebuilding in Haiti"
Video:http://tinyurl.com/ydz7z7p
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