[2011] This report captures practical case studies and best practice in communication with affected communities during the humanitarian response in Haiti. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake was unfortunately not the only emergency to strike Haiti in 2010, as the outbreak of cholera brought a new, highly infectious and deadly disease to a country with weak sanitation and health systems. The response of communication actors was essential to the survival of potentially thousands of people, whose ability to recognise symptoms and take prompt action was literally the difference between life and death.
This document was published by infoasaid, a DFID-funded project implemented in partnership by Internews and the BBC World Service Trust. The overall project goal was to improve the quality of humanitarian responses by maximising the amount of accurate and timely information available to both humanitarian responders and affected populations through enhanced information exchange between them.