Information, Updates and Public Health Concerns

• American Red Cross
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CDC Responds to the Haiti Earthquake - Updates
  • Public Health Concerns 
• International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): Disaster Management - Haiti Earthquake 
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. Department of Defense 
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• U.S. Department of State  
• World Health Organization (WHO): Health Actions in Crisis - Haiti 

Guidance and Guidelines

• Guidance for Relief Workers and Others Traveling to Haiti for Response  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Injuries: Information for Clinicians (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Travel Warning: Avoid Nonessential Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Guidance for U.S. Residents in Haiti (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Health Recommendations for Relief Workers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Medical and Public Health Responders: Preparing for the Haitian Earthquake Disaster Relief Efforts - Just in Time Training (Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, American Medical Association)

Related Resources

• General Information For All Disasters (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Mass Casualty Preparedness & Response (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Earthquake-Related Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  

Finding Information about U.S. Citizens in Haiti

• To request or provide information about U.S. Citizens in Haiti e-mail haiti-earthquake@state.gov or call (888) 407-4747.

• The State Department has partnered with the technology community to launch a free SMS relief information service to help people in Haiti. The text message program allows people with service from Digetel and Voila to text their location and needs to a free short code: "4636."

Opportunities to Get Involved or Donate

• AmeriCares
• American Red Cross  
• Center for International Disaster Information
• Doctors Without Borders
• International Medical Corps
• Pan American Health Organization
• Partners in Health (PIH)
• USAID
• World Health Organization

For more information about emergency preparedness and response in the event of an earthquake, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.