Much of the capital’s health care infrastructure disappeared on January 12, 2010—and it was limited and not even fully operational prior to that date. The earthquake revealed and exacerbated the shortcomings of Haiti’s health care system. It will take a long time to rebuild. In the meantime, we are working to fill the health care gaps to the extent possible, while responding to potential new emergencies, such as cholera.
Gérard Bedock, MSF’s head of mission in Haiti. In the two years that have followed, MSF has built four emergency hospitals in the area affected by the earthquake, an area more than 2 million people call home.

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