[net-gold] COUNTRIES: HAITI : DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES : MEDICAL: Haiti Aid Agencies Warn: Chaotic and Confusing Relief Effort is Costing Lives
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- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:17:59 -0500 (EST)
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COUNTRIES: HAITI :
DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES :
MEDICAL:
Haiti Aid Agencies Warn:
Chaotic and Confusing Relief Effort is Costing Lives
Haiti Aid Agencies Warn:
Chaotic and Confusing Relief Effort is Costing Lives
Chris McGreal in Washington and Esther Addley
Guardian.co.uk
Monday 18 January 2010 21.17 GMT
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/18/
haiti-aid-distribution-confusion-warning>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/y8qbatp>
International aid agencies have warned that Haitians are dying needlessly
amid "utter chaos" in the organisation of relief efforts after last week's
devastating earthquake. Some have called for the US to take direct control
over the rescue operation, while others have said the Americans are part
of the problem.
A week into the disaster, aid has failed to reach most Haitians amid
logistical confusion and disputes over priorities as the population grows
ever more desperate.
Mecins sans Fronties says confusion over who is running the relief effort
the US which controls the main airport, or the UN which says it is
overseeing distribution may have led to hundreds of avoidable deaths
because it has not been able to get essential supplies in to the country.
"The co-ordination ... is not existing or not functioning at this stage,"
said Benoit Leduc, MSF's operations manager in Port-au-Prince. "I don't
really know who is in charge. Between the two systems (the US and the UN)
I don't think there is smooth liaison [over] who decides what."
John O'Shea , the head of the Irish medical charity, Goal, echoed the
criticism. He said the Haitian earthquake was one of the most difficult
disasters his agency had dealt with but at least there were no political
obstacles to aid deliveries, as in Burma and Sudan.
"That means there is only one thing stopping a massive and prodigious aid
effort being rolled out and that is leadership and co-ordination. You have
neither in Haiti at the moment," he said.
"You have the US military doing their thing at the airport. You have the
United Nations saying we're in control of food distribution but the United
Nations is not taking the pro-active role that they should be taking.
"And you have a Haitian president saying he's in charge and the Americans
being politically correct and saying they will work under him. This is all
going to lead to a situation of utter chaos. I can't get all my trucks in
from the Dominican Republic because I have no guarantee that the people
driving them are not going to be macheted to death on the way down. I
can't let my doctors and nurses out on the street of Port-au-Prince."
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