On the 12th January at 5pm a powerful earthquake (measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale) hit the highly populated area surrounding the capital city of Haiti.
The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12th January had a devastating effect, killing over 200,000 people, destroying thousands of homes and leaving survivors homeless. The earthquake exacerbated an already inadequate health situation, causing the collapse of hospitals and health centres throughout the city.
Merlin responded immediately, establishing a field hospital on abandoned tennis courts to provide emergency surgery for injured survivors.Since then mobile clinics have been established providing health care for vulnerable rural communities.
We work in coordination with the Ministry of Health to support existing health structures, providing supplies and equipment as well as training and supervising local health workers to help rebuild the capacity of Haiti's health system.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
