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5 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, Where Did The $13.5 Billion Go?

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What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issues and actors described in the article?

1. USAID and their contributions to Haiti

2. The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and their impact

3. The United Nations and if they've been sued by Haiti for cholera epidemic

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MSF: Pushed to the Limit and Beyond A year into the largest ever Ebola outbreak

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What implications does the report have for technical professionals?

The report implies that technical professionals have to be more careful when responding to large scale disasters; staff responding to emergencies need to have more training for the many internal challenges that would lmit care and assistance to victims. MSF discussed how they had limited man power, labs, and resources.

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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How (if at all) is emergency response addressed in the article or report?

Disaster investigations look at the emergency response that followed the incident, either the timing or actions taken to save human lives. There's more about the investigations calling for improved emergency preparedness; policies and technology development to prevent disasters such as the Hague Street Explosion (1850) which involved a faulty boiler (and other factors) and the Iroquois theater fire (1903) which led to changed theater building policies.