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Haiti Earthquake Situation Report, n.3 (18 August 2021)

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2021-08-18
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Pan American Health Organization
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According to Haiti’s Civil Protection agency (DGPC), 2,189 people have died, 12,268 people were injured, and 332 are missing. In the most affected departments – Sud, Grand’Anse and Nippes – around 61,000 houses were destroyed and more than 76,000 damaged. 137,000 families have been affected and is estimated 650,000 people – 40 percent of the total population in the affected departments – are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance.3,4. Rapid assessments reported 36 health facilities affected in Grand’Anse, Nippes and Sud Departments: 4 destroyed and 32 damaged – including 12 severely damaged. SITUATION IN NUMBERS: ~2M Exposed: Grand Anse: 440,417; Nippes: 297,348; Sud: 744,897; Ouest: 491,858; Sud-est: 201,419. | 2,189 Deaths: Grand Anse: 218; Sud: 1,832; Nippes: 137; Nord’Ouest: 2. | 12,268 Wounded: Grand Anse: 1,652; Nippes: 1,458; Sud: 9,158. | 332 Missing. | Health facilities: 32 damaged; 4 destroyed.
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Earthquakes; Natural Disasters; Storms; Emergencies; Haiti; Caribbean Region
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/54871
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