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Haiti Earthquake
Blogging direct from Haiti emergency in Port au Prince
In this eyewitness account, Médecins Sans Frontières press officer Isabelle Jeanson blogs from Haiti's earthquake zone. Here she details the devastation caused by the earthquake and the vital medical assistance being provided by teams on the ground.
Isabelle has worked in communications with Médecins Sans Frontières since 2003. She has visited several missions over the years, including working as an emergency press officer during the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. Her latest work with Médecins Sans Frontières has taken her to Colombia, Russia, Nigeria and Papua New Guinea. She joined the emergency team in Haiti 48 hours after the earthquake struck.
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Haiti Blog: Haitians in solidarity, deal with disasterThree weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake and it is time for Isabelle Jeanson, Médecins Sans Frontières’ Operational Communications Support, to depart. Saddened to leave the many patients she has met, Isabelle is touched... 6 comments
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05/02/2010 | Haiti | |
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Haiti Blog: Digging our staff from the rubble with bare handsIn any tragedy there are always miraculous moments. A couple of those moments occurred today. 3 comments
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28/01/2010 | Haiti | |
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Haiti Blog: Inflatable hospital allows treatment without fearSaturday 23 January, Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Things are slowly changing. In fact everyday when I walk into our office and our hospitals there are small noticeable changes and supplies are finally piling up in our storage; there is... 14 comments
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25/01/2010 | Haiti | |
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Haiti Blog: The scare of my lifeWednesday, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I had the scare of my life this morning. I had hoped I could sleep in an extra 10 minutes because I’ve been working on 5 hours a night for the last week and am hitting the bottom of the barrel. 6 comments
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22/01/2010 | Haiti | |
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Haiti Blog: A baby girl with an amputated armYesterday I visited Trinité Hospital. There was a small baby, about one-and-a-half months old, lying on her side in her bed because her right arm had been amputated and was covered in bandages. The auxiliary nurse told me her... 18 comments
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20/01/2010 | Haiti | |
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Haiti Blog: Struggle to save survivorsThe situation remains critical in Port-au-Prince with few aid agencies in place and hundreds of bodies still stuck in buildings. I've only seen about four or five trucks and cranes trying to remove buildings to get people out in... 5 comments
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19/01/2010 | Haiti |