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2. We were going to see God

Author

Brooks, Dudley M.

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Media coverage, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Economic aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

3. The Exodus: As Many As 200 Thousand People Leave Port-au-Prince and Make Their Way to Other Parts of Haiti

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010, Migration, Internal, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/bONrBz_tBHvLo-jbdPN6F1GSJMJxDYzi (Exterior shot) DAY (Wide shot) Tracking shot of men, women and children (some carrying belongings) walking in the street. (Wide shot) Men walk [...]

Published
2010

4. In Ruins: Port-Au-Prince In Ruins And Despair Three Days After Powerful Earthquake

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/AHhS2pJwJYWZLUkwBDZ3DcxTJAoOeZW9 (Exterior shot) DAY PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (Medium shot) Large crowd of mostly women sings prayer in field. (Medium shot) Women hold babies. (Close up [...]

Published
2010

5. On The Ground: People Search For A Way Out Of Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Economic aspects, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

To view this video, click here: http://feeds.shadowtv.com/feed/player/D41C22B9-9DE3-9046-E181-F23B217D30DC/IBjsux_oTzuIYO0snYRrbM53XeAk2EzY (Exterior shot) DAY PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI Various shots of people including children in crowds waiting outside the airport terminal. (Medium shot) Group of Americans [...]

Published
2010

6. Fleeing the capital: thousands stream out of Port-au-Prince, but the hope of rebuilding remains

Author

Petrou, Michael

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Earthquake damage -- Social aspects -- Haiti, Post-disaster reconstruction -- Planning, Disaster relief -- Planning -- Haiti, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The broken blocks of concrete that fell from his house during the earthquake killed Vladimir Desir's wife and child, and split open the top of his head. Bleeding badly, he [...]

Published
2010

7. Haiti, fallen

Author

Hondros, Chris

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Description and travel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Personal narratives, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Casualties, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, Earthquake damage -- Economic aspects, Earthquakes -- Haiti, Earthquakes -- Casualties, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

A writer describes the devastation in Haiti when he traveled to Port-au-Prince a day or two after the earthquake struck. The catastrophe that devastated the Haitian capital on January 12, 2010 was a worst-case scenario since its entire infrastructure collapsed. He had seen death everywhere and smell its stench as the earthquake killed thousands of people.

Published
2010

8. Using multiple sampling approaches to measure sexual risk-taking among young people in Haiti: programmatic implications

Author

Speizer, Ilene S., Beauvais, Harry, Gomez, Anu Manchikanti, Outlaw, Theresa Finn, and Roussel, Barbara

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Demographic aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Surveys, Young adults -- Sexual behavior, Young adults -- Surveys, HIV infection -- Surveys, Sexual behavior surveys -- Evaluation, Family and marriage, Geography, Social sciences
Abstract

The usefulness of different methods for determining young people's risk of getting infected with HIV and experiencing unwanted pregnancies is studied. Young people aged 15 to 24 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are surveyed based on their socio-demographic characteristics and sexual behavior. It is recommended that facility- or venue-based methods be used in such studies.

Published
2009

9. The young mothers of Port-au-Prince

Author

Guidi, Ruxandra

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects, Mothers -- Social aspects, Mothers -- Economic aspects, Teenagers -- Social aspects, Teenagers -- Economic aspects, Youth -- Social aspects, Youth -- Economic aspects, Maternal health services -- Evaluation, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Women and children have had to bear the brunt of Haiti's hardships. A snapshot of the plight of the country's young mothers who live in Port-au-Prince is presented through the ordeals that two young Haitian mothers face as they seek medical care for their children.

Published
2009

10. E.R.: Port-au-Prince

Author

Kagan, H. Lee

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Conduct of life -- Personal narratives, Emergency medical services -- Personal narratives, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

It was 2 a.m. when the Haitian National Police brought the rape victim to the emergency room. I was the physician covering nights. The E.R. had only two gurneys, and [...]

Published
2012

11. Haiti on fire

Author

Antebi, Jeff

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects, Fires -- Haiti, Photography, Documentary, Arts, visual and performing, Literature/writing
Published
2010

12. Haiti quake shakes court planners

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Life change events, Law
Published
2010

13. The water of life

Author

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Homeless youth -- Haiti -- Social aspects, Homeless shelters -- Haiti -- Social aspects, Philosophy and religion, Social aspects
Abstract

ON WEEKENDS the kids from Lafanmi Selavi, our center for street children, come to our house to spend time, to share food, talk, play and swim in the swimming pool. [...]

Published
2000

14. Haiti Braces For Hurricane Tomas

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Homeless persons -- Homes and haunts -- Social aspects, Capitals (Cities) -- Social aspects, Hurricanes -- Social aspects -- Haiti, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131089202 STEVE INSKEEP, host: First an earthquake, now a hurricane is striking Haiti. And we're going to go to NPR's Jason Beaubien -- [...]

Published
2010

15. A Tent-City Economy Grows In Haiti

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Homes and haunts -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Post-disaster reconstruction -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125197335 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Let's get an update now on a story we're following. Haiti's government has made clear that even under the [...]

Published
2010

16. Port-Au-Prince Journal: Lives Filled With Fear

Subjects
Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Post-disaster reconstruction -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123566410 SCOTT SIMON, host: In Haiti, giant earthmovers are tearing away at the rubble from last month's devastating earthquake. It's a sign the [...]

Published
2010

17. Music Returns To Port-au-Prince

Subjects
Earthquake damage -- Haiti, Musicians -- Social aspects, Concerts -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123439508 AUDIE CORNISH, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. Artists around the world have been helping to raise [...]

Published
2010

18. Haitian Communities Set Up Neighborhood Watches

Subjects
Community -- Safety and security measures -- Social aspects, Neighborhood watch programs -- Safety and security measures -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122843872 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: All over Port-au-Prince, as we've seen and heard, people are camping out. With their homes demolished or just because [...]

Published
2010

19. Haitians Flee Port-Au-Prince's Destruction [DP]

Subjects
Earthquake damage -- Social aspects -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122755222 RENEE MONTAGNE, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE INSKEEP, host: And I'm Steve Inskeep. We're [...]

Published
2010

20. A Grain Sacks Keeps A Haitian Survivor Alive

Subjects
Disaster victims -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Earthquake damage -- Social aspects -- Haiti, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122671001 LIANE HANSEN, host: The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is full of desperate survivors. Most have been displaced from their homes and are [...]

Published
2010

21. Victims Outnumber Doctors, Relief Assistance

Subjects
Disaster victims -- Statistics -- Social aspects -- Casualties, Earthquakes -- Casualties -- Haiti, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Casualties
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122599382 STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. DEBORAH AMOS, host: And I'm Deborah Amos. Here's one fact [...]

Published
2010

22. Businesses feel strong impact of Haiti's earthquake

Author

Frogameni, Bill

Subjects
Florida -- Social aspects, Florida -- International aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- International aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Economic aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- International aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Business owners -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Disaster relief -- Florida, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster relief -- Management, Disaster relief -- Public participation, Earthquakes -- Florida, Earthquakes -- Haiti, Earthquakes -- Economic aspects, Earthquakes -- International aspects, Earthquakes -- Social aspects, International relief -- Florida, International relief -- Haiti, International relief -- Management, International relief -- Public participation, Shipping industry -- Economic aspects, Shipping industry -- Industry forecasts, Shipping industry -- Planning, Company business management, Company business planning, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

Reactions of South Florida business owners about the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12, 2010 are presented. Meanwhile, both private citizens and companies have initiated efforts to provide charitable assistance to victims. Potential effects of infrastructure damage in Haiti and of the anticipated increase of relief shipments to Haiti on South Florida's shipping industry are also discussed.

Published
2010

23. In fight against cholera, a dire need for soap

Author

Booth, William

Subjects
Company distribution practices, Cholera -- Distribution, Cholera -- Prevention, Disaster victims -- Health aspects, Floods -- Haiti, Floods -- Health aspects, Soap -- Usage, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Health aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

24. Weighing The Lives Of Babies In Haiti

Author

Rosen, Dennis

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Missions, Medical -- Personal narratives, Infants (Newborn) -- Care and treatment, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

We were 18 doctors, nurses and other health professionals from Children's Hospital Boston, on a nine-day mission to the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince to work with a Haitian pediatric team. [...]

Published
2010

25. In Haiti, finding peace through play

Author

Cody, Edward

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Children -- Psychological aspects, Disaster victims -- Psychological aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

26. A Haitian Rhapsody, Inspired by a Duet of Altruism and Chaos

Author

Cave, Damien

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Traffic police -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The gray Toyota Corolla edged closer to the center of the intersection, trying to sneak past the man with a limp, directing traffic in Jordanian Army fatigues, [...]

Published
2010

27. Many of Haiti's most-wanted on the loose after earthquake

Author

Roig-Franzia, Manuel

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Earthquake damage -- Haiti, Escapes, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

29. Old and poor in Haiti suffer mightily after the quake

Author

Booth, William

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Aged -- Social aspects, Aged -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

31. Haiti's day of mourning mixes prayer, anger at government

Author

Cody, Edward

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Religious aspects, Spirituality -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Religious aspects
Published
2010

32. Haiti earthquake relief efforts are still falling short

Author

Slevin, Peter

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Humanitarian aid, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

33. Holding on to dreams from refugee camp in Haiti

Author

Slevin, Peter

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Refugee camps -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

35. Quake left a security nightmare in its wake

Author

Paperny, Anna Mehler

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Crime -- Control -- Haiti, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI / CRIME PORT-AU-PRINCE -- It's a strange sight on a traffic-choked downtown street across from a park that has become a crowded tent [...]

Published
2010

37. Haiti earthquake victims' survey hopes to assess real needs of people

Author

Brown, David

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Surveys, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Humanitarian aid -- 2010 AD, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

39. U.N. to set up 16 food distribution sites in quake-devastated Port-au-Prince

Author

Slevin, Peter

Subjects
United Nations. World Food Programme -- Powers and duties, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Food supply -- 2010 AD, International relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

40. In a turnabout, police are the good guys in post-quake Haiti

Author

Booth, William

Subjects
Company business management, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Police administration -- Management, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

41. For U.S. soldiers in Haiti, helping becomes the hardest part

Author

Hedgpeth, Dana

Subjects
Company business management, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- International aspects, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, International relief -- Management, International relief -- Haiti, International relief -- United States, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

42. With few resources, Haiti's women and children at a disadvantage

Author

Labbe-DeBose, Theola

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Health aspects, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Health aspects, Humanitarian aid -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

44. From a golf course to a community

Author

Waldie, Paul and Paperny, Anna Mehlert

Subjects
Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Social aspects -- Health aspects, Emergency housing -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: PAUL WALDIE AND ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI / DISPLACED PEOPLE PORT-AU-PRINCE -- When the earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, thousands of people who had lost their [...]

Published
2010

46. Brazilian soldiers spray tear gas at crowd of Haitians rushing for food aid

Author

Slevin, Peter and Booth, William

Subjects
United Nations. World Food Programme -- Powers and duties, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Food relief -- International aspects, Food relief -- 2010 AD, Spectator control -- 2010 AD, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

47. Haiti seeks food and shelter so displaced residents can survive the coming weeks

Author

Kessler, Glenn and Booth, William

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster victims -- Social aspects, Humanitarian aid -- 2010 AD, Food relief -- International aspects, Food relief -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects
Published
2010

48. U.S. soldiers play vital role in beleaguered Haitian shantytown

Author

Hedgpeth, Dana

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster relief -- United States, International relief -- Haiti, International relief -- United States, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

49. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians await shelter in makeshift camps

Author

Booth, William and Slevin, Peter

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Economic aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster victims -- 2010 AD, Emergency housing -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Economic aspects
Published
2010

50. Haiti calls off search for survivors of deadly earthquake

Author

Wilson, Scott and Booth, William

Subjects
Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Casualties, Haiti Earthquake, 2010 -- Social aspects, Disaster relief -- Haiti, Disaster victims -- 2010 AD, Search and rescue operations -- 2010 AD, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Social aspects, Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- Environmental aspects
Published
2010

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