In Depth: Haitian earthquake
One year after the devastating earthquake, reporter Susan Phillips returned to Haiti to check on the current situation and how survivors are coping with their traumatic experiences. Follow her latest reports here.
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In Depth: Haitian earthquake
Photo Slide Show - Haiti: two years later
March 1, 2012
By Taunya English
Jan. 12, 2012, was the two-year anniversary of the earthquake that shook Haiti and tested the country's infrastructure and health care system Last month, healthcare workers and volunteers from the Philadelphia region traveled to Port-au-Prince and returned with photos toshare with Newsworks. More »
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Earthquake victims find pocket of hope
February 11, 2011
By Susan PhillipsIn the immediate aftermath of an earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people in Haiti last year, WHYY's Susan Phillips travelled with a medical team from Camden's Cooper University Hospital, reporting on their work. They set bones, helped perform amputations, and cared for wounded Haitians who fled to the neighboring Dominican Republic. In the final piece of her five-part series, Sus... More »
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NGO's crowd out government in Haiti
February 10, 2011
By Susan PhillipsAs Haiti struggles to recover from last year's earthquake, the government has less money and control than Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). Providing mental healthcare is a prime example. More »
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The slow road recovering from trauma in Haiti
February 9, 2011
By Susan PhillipsOne year after the earthquake in Haiti, residents continue to struggle for food, water, and medical care. Like many developing nations, attention to mental health takes a back seat. But in post-earthquake Haiti, that's changing. More »
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Haiti uses Voodoo and Western psychotherapy to recover
February 8, 2011
By Susan PhillipsWith a million people still living in tents, it's easy to see how slowly Haiti is recovering from last year's earthquake. But less visible is the emotional toll. In her second in a week-long series of reports, WHYY's Susan Phillips takes a look at ancient and modern ways Haitians treat mental illness. More »
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Coping with Haiti's long-term post-quake problems
February 7, 2011
By Susan PhillipsLast year's Haitian earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless. A hurricane, a cholera epidemic, and fraudulent elections followed. Billions of dollars in aid poured in. WHYY's Susan Phillips has this first report in a week-long series on how the country is coping. More »
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Haiti update: One year after the quake
Radio Times: Listen Live
January 24, 2011
By WHYY's Radio TimesJust over a year ago a devastating earthquake rocked the Caribbean island of Haiti, killing more than 250,000 people leaving its capital, Port-au-Prince, in rubble. An outbreak of Cholera last October has killed more than 3,000 people and an unresolved election in late 2010 leaves the country’s political system in question.To make the nation’s situation even more complicated the deposed dictator J... More »
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With traditional care scarce, search is on for voodoo priests
blogging from haiti
January 22, 2011
By Susan PhillipsThe search for an Houngan, or traditional voodoo priest, began with a drive through Cite Soleil, the notorious slum on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. My driver told me that Houngans do not live in the city because they believe there are too many people, who crowd out the spirits. The best way to navigate in Haiti is to ask, because there are few street signs, and no signs telling you where you a... More »
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After quake and cholera, some signs of normalcy
January 21, 2011
By Susan PhillipsA year ago, the Dominican town of Jimani became the meeting point of aid workers trying to get to Port-au-Prince and injured Haitians fleeing their capital city. More »
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Haitians react to arrest of ex-dictator Duvalier
Blogging from Haiti
January 19, 2011
By Susan PhillipsBaby Doc may no longer be the newly minted 19-year-old dictator, but he's still got a pudgy face and dull demeanor. Less than 48 hours after the exiled President returned to Haiti after 25 years in Paris, Jean-Claude Duvalier ended up in a police van on his way to a detention center in Port-au-Prince. More »
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