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Paul Farmer is an American physician and anthropologist who is known for providing appropriate healthcare in under developed regions and developing countries. Farmer is situated in emergency response in that he is a physician providing care to those in need and works toward ensuring that people will have access to healthcare despite socioeconomic conditions. Bruce Nizeye works alongside Farmer and specializes in TB infection control in Rwanda. Sara Stulac is a physician who specializes in women’s and children’s healthcare. Her focus has included pediatric HIV prevention and treatment, malnutrition care, inpatient pediatrics and neonatology, and pediatric oncology and other non-communicable disease treatment. Salmaan Keshavjee is a physician who specializes in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and in providing access to healthcare in poverty stricken regions. 

There are two volumes to this report:  a. The UN scientific committee reported the effect of the atomic radiation based on the  event of Fukushima nuclear accidents.  b. Scientific findings on the effects of radiation exposure to the children. 

This article claims that after the disaster and initial relief efforts Haiti has not changed for the better and is "back more or less to normal." However many Haitians are suffering from cholera after a water polution mishap with the United Nations initial relief efforts. 

The development of the system was funded by their partners (e.g. Making All Voices Count with $55M). the general publics can donate via Facebook or create a fundraiser for Ushahidi via Facebook.

They support their approach based on what they as an organization have already done in countries such as Haiti, Nigeria, Jordan, and Syria. 

After finished the program, the students will be award with diploma that is recognized by Haiti government and most of the international rehabilitation organizations. And Handicap International is working with Ministry for Health and Population to let this program gaining more recognitions.

The main point of this article is the idea that government regulations do not always comply with what is best for patient care and the situation at hand. In this particular case doctors and nurses decided to euthanize patients who were in critical condition and were going to be delayed or unable to be rescued. 

Most of the news agencies have provided the similar information that constructed by the university and BBC. It is a great design that focused on the issue that most designer might ignore.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150722081121.htm

http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/news/show/lang/en/id/1909/dir_id/0

http://www.popsci.com/best-of-whats-new-2015/engineering

http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/news/show/lang/en/id/1785/dir_id/0

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/july-2015-online/origami-inspired-folding-bridge-could-aid-disaster-relief/

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33625724

The Red Cross is primarily funded by donations and the government offers some support. 

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