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Mother and child are doing well: new life at the Red Cross hospitalMother and child are doing well: new life at the Red Cross hospital
“When they carried the mother in from the camp the baby's head was already out”, Finnish Red Cross nurse Vivi Virvi begins the dramatic story about how baby Katiana came into the chaotic world that is post-quake Haiti.

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Haiti earthquake operation

Messaging millions in HaitiMessaging millions in Haiti
Haiti Red Cross, the International Federation and national mobile phone company ComCel have teamed up to take beneficiary communications to a new level.
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Relying on the emblem: relief steps up a gear in HaitiRelying on the emblem: relief steps up a gear in Haiti
Relief distributions are stepping up a gear in Haiti. Soon the Red Cross Red Crescent relief effort will reach its first target of getting non-food items to 5,000 families every week. The distribution are – unlike those reported in the media – generally smooth and secure.

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  “Haiti: thousands helped at mobile clinic”
  Haiti: Healing the invisible scars of the earthquake
  Shelter: Much more than ‘one tent, one family’
  Haiti: A good day in Port-au-Prince
  Assessing and responding to the needs outside Port-Au-Prince
  Haiti: Blood, a gift that keeps on giving
 
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Emergency vaccination campaign starts in Port-au-Prince
  29 January 2010
Haiti: Picture of a massive long-term needs
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Haiti: Focus on recovery
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Two years after Cyclone Sidr: close to 250,000 families have their lives backBangladesh: Two years after Cyclone Sidr
Inspiring stories of recovery from Bangladesh.

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OPINION PIECES
Climate change: Joint IFRC/OCHA Opinion Piece
The increasing threat to life and livelihood posed by climate change is already palpable and the need for effective action agreed in Copenhagen is increasingly urgent.
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Operational activities: involving youth and communities
Statement by Kiflemariam Amdemariam, Senior IFRC Food Security officer, in the Operational Activities Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, in Geneva.
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