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International Issues/Disaster Committee
HAITI EFFORT
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rtesy
of CNN News
On January 12th 2010 a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The Trauma Association of Canada Disaster/International Committee would like to express our deepest sympathies for all those affected. As concerned health providers we would also like to assist our membership to obtain information about the event and provide relevant links to understand how we might help.
The Public Health Agency of
Canada (PHAC) recommends that Canadians avoid all non-essential
travel to Haiti at this time. More information:
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Public Health Agency of Canada Travel Health Warning - Earthquake in
Haiti
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www.publichealth.gc.ca
VOLUNTEER
Those interested in volunteering overseas are encouraged to work with well established organizations such as:
Doctors without Borders/Medicins
Sans Frontieres (MSF)
http://www.msf.org/
Canadian Red Cross
http://ww.redcross.ca
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org/
HAITI UPDATE
Useful websites for obtaining
information are:
Committee
on Trauma Update Haiti page
http://www.facs.org/trauma/updatehaiti.html
Operation
Giving Back Disaster Response Center
http://www.operationgivingback.facs.org/content2911.html
UNICEF Canada
http://www.unicef.ca
Salvation Army
http://ww.salvationarmy.ca
World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org
Oxfam Canada
http://www.oxfam.ca
Bridges of Hope
http://www.bridgesofhope.ca/
Team Canada Healing Hands
http://www.tchh.org/
DONATIONS
The Canadian government will match each dollar donated to registered Canadian charitable organizations to a maximum of $50 million.
The following established organizations will accept donations:
Doctors without Borders/Medicins
Sans Frontieres
http://www.msf.org/
Canadian Red Cross
www.redcross.ca
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org/
Oxfam Canada
http://www.oxfam.ca
UNICEF Canada
http://www.unicef.ca
Salvation Army
http://www.salvationarmy.ca
World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org
Bridges of Hope
http://www.bridgesofhope.ca/
Team Canada Healing Hands
http://www.tchh.org/
ORGANIZATION UPDATES
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS)
A centralized telephone answering center to respond to queries related to the situation.
The centralized telephone answering center is staffed during regular working hours (8 am to 5 pm CST Monday through Friday) and checked on a regular basis by the ACS Trauma Program staff. That number is 312-202-5155.
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Mirrored Update Haiti resource pages on the Committee on Trauma (COT) and Operation Giving Back (OBG) Web sites.
These sites include eyewitness reports from surgeons; information from the CDC; recognized resources such as peer-reviewed articles and College program materials (ATLS and ASSET); a Google map of relief efforts; and relevant and useful slides sets, videos, and other documents (military statements).
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