Health, human rights and intervention case studies

Question 1

where is Haiti and why is it the poorest country in the western hemisphere

Answer 1

• in the caribbean
• arounf 4 in every 5 haitians live on less than two dollars a day

Question 2

what have haiti suffered from over the past 200 years that has made them poor

Answer 2

• exploitation of resources
• violations of civil rights by successions of dictatorships
• widespread corruption
• highly polarised society ( one percent controlling nearly half the countries wealth)
• large scale emigration
• poor healthcare and lethal outbreaks of contagious disease
• high level of aid dependency

Question 3

How did the 2010 earthquake affect haiti

Answer 3

• 230,000 people killed
• 300,000 injured
• nearly 200,000 dwellings badly damaged
• 100,000 buildings destroyed
• 1.5 million displaced

Question 4

How are Haiti still suffering from the earthquale

Answer 4

• only half of promised 12 billion in aid received
• 500,000 still in temp shelters
• cholera outbreak caused by failure to provide proper sanitation

Question 5

what were the reasons for the failed aid given to haiti in 2010

Answer 5

• many unqualified and small NGO’s involved that had little language skills
• many aid pledges never fulfilled maybe due to longlasting track record of government corruption
• haitian military had little experience of dealing with emergency
• unequal aid distribution
• weak haitian government left out of the loop