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113 De Ville de Goyet, pg 29.
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114 A similar situation was also experienced by MSF when delays in relief material distribution
provoked anxiety and desperation from the population outside the capital. In this case, MSF decided
to minimize the security issues through “a quick and large scale distribution” (reference: MSF “Haiti
one year after”, 10 January 2011, page 20).
115 De Ville de Goyet, pg 20
116
Médecins Sans Frontières; Haiti one year after – A Review of Médecins Sans Frontières'
Humanitarian Aid Operations, pg 7–8
117 De Ville de Goyet, pg 21
118
Médecins Sans Frontières; Haiti one year after – A Review of Médecins Sans Frontières'
Humanitarian Aid Operations, pg 9–11.
119 WHO website: Global Heath Expenditure Database (Haiti country profile),
http://apps.who.int/nha/database/DataExplorerRegime.aspx, 31 May 2012
120 MSF alone spent about 124 million dollars for the relief effort by December 2010, far exceeding
MSPP’s 86 million dollar budget. “Haiti one year after”, 10 th January 2011, pages 31-32).
121 De Ville de Goyet, pg 63–64
122 The commander was an American-Haitian colonel.
123 USA Today website: U.S. troops pack to leave Haiti”; 07 March 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-03-07-american-troops-haiti_N.htm), last accessed 01
June 2012
124 Merin
125 Merin
126 Garamone, USNS COMFORT Arrives in Port-au-Prince
127 De Ville de Goyet, pg 62.
128 Daniel
129 Joint Center for Operational Analysis
130 CNN World website: Haiti pier opens, road laid into Port-au-Prince, http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-
21/world/haiti.earthquake_1_pier-haiti-tons-of-humanitarian-aid?_s=PM:WORLD, last accessed 01
June 2012
131 Comfort’s helicopters were also used for the distribution of basic supplies to outlying clinics.
132 A “medical evacuation” (MEDEVAC) requires at the minumum getting accurate GPS coordinates of
shore-based facilities transferring patients; sometimes the COMFORT coordinator provided a shore-based
partner a rendezvous point, but the helicopter was unable to embark patients at the appointed time
and place (distance, time limitation, prioritization of the flights, etc). Conversely, COMFORT-based
coordinators had to figure out where helicopters could safely land, matching a lot of medical requests
and the limited resources on board (number of assets, weather limitation, endurance, etc).
133 Dewan
134 De Ville de Goyet, pg 78
135 Daniel