Plan International Canada Inc

Published purpose

12 September 2010 - Eight months after the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 that killed an estimated 230,000 people and affected over 3 million, the humanitarian situation in Haiti remains precarious. An estimated 1.3 million people remain displaced in over 1,300 spontaneous camps in the most-affected regions. Humanitarian actors continue to work to meet basic needs, improve living conditions, and mitigate the serious health and protection risks in these environments. Humanitarian actors are also responding to the growing needs in less-affected rural areas, where over 600,000 displaced people are exhausting the meagre resources of fragile host communities. CIDA is supporting Plan Canada to provide primary health care to earthquake-affected populations, with a particular focus on maternal and child health. The project supports a coordinated health response involving the Communal Health Authority and local non-public health providers. Project activities include: daily mobile clinics in three main internally displaced persons camp sites (including the Government of Haiti's designated emergency relocation camp); weekly mobile clinics in 35 smaller camps; emergency and obstetric referrals; support to secondary health care providers; training of community health agents, as well as health promotion.