Selected health matters in

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Dialogue with Permanent Representatives GRULAC
countries to the United Nations
Selected health matters in Latin America and
the Caribbean
Dr. Mirta Roses Periago Director Pan American
Health Organization, PAHO/WHO Chair a.i. UNDG -
LAC
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Outline

• Current health challenges in Haiti
• WHO Executive Board selected topics of
  particular relevance to LAC
• Current matters at the UNGA and ECOSOC of
  regional health importance

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Critical figures from Haiti

• As of 15 February, the Government reports
• Deaths more than 200,000
• Wounded more than 300,000 (over 4,000 amputees
  400 spinal cord injuries)
• Orphans - UNICEF 2007 estimated 380,000 orphans
  in Haiti no estimates on the number of children
  lost or left without parents following the quake
• Displaced more than 1.2 million people in
  improvised settlements more than 500,000 people
  moved to interior or neighboring countries

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Current Situation

• The humanitarian crisis is projected to last for
  at least two years, due to the prevailing
  situation before the earthquake and its
  magnitude
• Crisis putting strain on the Dominican Republic