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MEDICC Review 2011; 13 (1)

Haiti one year later: Cuban Medical Team draws on experience and partnerships

Gorry C

Language: English
References: 13
Page: 52-55
PDF size: 111.89 Kb.


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Nearly a year ago on a day like today—as people scrabbled for some charcoal to cook the evening meal, fetched their children from school, and sewed costumes for carnival—the ground began to shift. Buildings folded and houses crumbled. In the time it takes to read this paragraph, one of the most devastating earthquakes recorded in the hemisphere changed the Haitian landscape forever. Twelve months on, quake survivors struggle to live, study, work, and worship within the parameters of this new landscape. They also struggle to stay healthy.


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