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Tue, 2016-10-11 07:38 — mdmcdonald
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UB Startup Uses Sunshine to Clean Dirty Water for Disasters, Poor Nations

Mon, 2018-06-25 18:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Solar still in water. QIAOQIANG GAN, SUNY BUFFALO

buffalonews.com - by T.J. Pignataro  - October 15, 2017

Distilling water using the sun’s rays . . . a University at Buffalo startup has found a quick way to do it . . . and it could transform how potable water gets to people in developing countries or in areas stricken by natural disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes.

The university’s Sunny Clean Water startup said its method is nearly three times as fast as the industry standard . . . 

. . . The process uses a floating solar still and a specially-engineered carbon-based cloth to capture, desalinate and purify as much as a liter of water every three hours in a prototype developed by UB associate professor of electrical engineering Qiaoqiang Gan, Singer and other university electrical engineering students.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLES WITHIN THE LINKS BELOW . . .

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Global
General Topic Tags: 
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Situation Report

Informal briefing by the Secretary-General on the United Nations' New Approach to Cholera in Haiti

Thu, 2016-12-01 20:39 — Kathy Gilbeaux

webtv.un.org - 1 Dec 2016

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today apologized to the people of Haiti, expressing deep regret for the loss of life and suffering caused by the country’s cholera epidemic, and outlined the way forward including immediate steps to stem the outbreak and long-term support for those affected – while also highlighting the need for adequate funding of the proposal.

CLICK HERE - United Nations News Centre - UN’s Ban apologizes to people of Haiti, outlines new plan to fight cholera epidemic and help communities

CLICK HERE - Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on a New Approach to Address Cholera in Haiti [Trilingual version, as delivered] [scroll down for English]

CLICK HERE - United Nations General Assembly - A new approach to cholera in Haiti - Report by the Secretary-General (16 page .PDF report)

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Global
Haiti
General Topic Tags: 
Disease
Health
Resilience
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Dispatches from Haiti - Southwest Haiti - October 27, 2016

Wed, 2016-11-02 18:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Photo by John Carroll

blogs.pjstar.com - by John Carroll, MD - November 2, 2016

October 27, 2016

“The surest way to be caught flatfooted by disasters is to not know or understand, or else ignore, the value of the land and people who should have been protected, commensurate with the degree to which others depend on what they produce. This is the case with Haiti’s disregard for the values of the Greater South Region which is basically all that lies below and west of the crossroads of Leogane.”

Stuart Leiderman

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We left Cayes early this morning and headed south and west. And the further we traveled, Matthew’s wrath and destruction was even more horrific. Coconut and palm trees were snapped or uprooted everywhere. Houses were smashed. Roofs were missing. And debris littered the beach down the entire coast. Police stations, courthouses, and churches were destroyed everywhere.

Country / Region Tags: 
Haiti
General Topic Tags: 
Communication
Disaster Response
Disease
Food
Health
Housing / Shelter
Vulnerability
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Situation Reports via John A. Carroll MD - HaitianHearts.org

Sun, 2016-10-30 08:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by John A. Carroll, MD - www.haitianhearts.org

October 29, 2016

Family from Chantal just told me that a zone called LaCotte has much cholera. Five people in same house died. Unable to give exact date.

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October 29, 2016

Port Salut hospital served by two Cuban docs--very nice. Fidel and his brother also supplied the Ringers Lactate for the hospital . . .

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October 29, 2016

On Thursday spent day on Southern coast--Cayes, Torbeck, Port Salut, Coteaux, Damassin, Port a Pigment, Kalapa, Chardonnieres. We were fording some small creeks/rivers in the truck, but Les Anglais River too deep and wide so we stopped. The trucks were very few here cause road in South so horrible. I would imagine Hiroshima like this. Port Salut CTC had 30 patients according to nurse last week but only 3 when I was there. Port Salut is a MSPP hospital and made of cement and seemed structurally sound even though it was right on beach. 

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October 29, 2016

The biggest problems I see are lack of food and water for almost 4 weeks now. The roofs are getting patched with tarp or corrugated metal ("toll"). Groups of kids run after the vehicle looking for food.

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October 29, 2016

Country / Region Tags: 
Haiti
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Communication
Disaster Response
Disease
Food
Health
Housing / Shelter
Vulnerability
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

WHO Sending 1 Million Cholera Vaccine Doses to Haiti

Fri, 2016-10-14 03:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Haitians wash clothes in a stream in Port-au-Prince. The widespread use of rivers has been linked to the country's deadly cholera outbreak.

cnn.com - by Ivan Watson, Tim Hume and Karla Pequenino - October 11, 2016

Jeremie, Haiti (CNN) - The World Health Organization is sending a million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti, it announced Tuesday, amid concerns over the rising number of cases in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

WHO cholera expert Dominique Legros told reporters in Geneva that the UN's global public health body had decided Monday to send the vaccines to the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean nation, to attempt to prevent an outbreak of the waterborne disease.

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - WHO sending 1 million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti

 

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
Haiti
General Topic Tags: 
Disaster Response
Disease
Emergency Management
Health
Waste
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Resources - Energy - Communication - Water - Sanitation

Fri, 2015-05-01 20:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux
General Topic Tags: 
Communication
Disaster Response
Emergency Management
Energy
Grid
Ideas
Recovery
Resilience
Solar
Technology
Water
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions

Here we present a list of ideas and resources that might be beneficial for use in disaster response, or for use in areas with inadequate infrastructure . . .

 

Energy

A Box Full of Light Saves Lives
http://www.haitiresiliencesystem.org/node/234

Voltaic Systems - Solar Chargers
http://resiliencesystem.org/voltaic-systems-solar-chargers

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