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WHO Urges Medical Aid Agencies To Remain In Haiti As Health Care System Is Rebuilt
On Wednesday, the WHO "urged medical aid agencies to stay in Haiti as long as possible while health care is rebuilt following last month's devastating earthquake," Agence France-Presse reports. Henriette Chamouillet, the WHO's representative in Haiti, said the agency would like its largest partners to continue aid for "at least six months" and that it would take several months for hospitals with the least amount of damage to open. She said, "It's absolutely necessary because we have to replace the hospitals which won't work" (2/17).
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