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What: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake. 2,200 deaths, buildings destroyed. A total of 36 health facilities were damaged. 2.2 million affected 
When: 2021, August 14 
Where: Les Cayes and Jeremie, western Haiti.
How solved: worked with local partners to assess needs, then sent supplies. Operated five medical teams to support the Haitian health system, including mobile services to treat earthquake-related wounds. 17,700 consultations completed, over 600 health and response professionals participated.

 

Americares. "Deadly Earthquake." Americares, www.americares.org/emergency-program/haiti-earthquake-2021/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

Extensive destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure and massive displacement caused a major cholera outbreak in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake in  2016. The disaster revealed long-standing weaknesses in the country's water and sanitation systems.
Johns Hopkins University, along with UNICEF, organized awareness-raising campaigns that educated the public about proper hygiene practices and helped build local capacity to maintain water safety by training the government water suppliers on water disinfection and testing methods.

 

Sekine, Kazutaka, and Mellisa Roskosky. "Emergency Response in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene to Control Cholera in Post-earthquake Nepal in 2016." Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 8, no. 4, 16 July 2018, pp. 799-802. National Library of Medicine, https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.016.