This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 10 February 2010.
I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
- The priorities for assistance continue to include the provision of shelter material and improved sanitation in the temporary settlement sites.
- Approximately 272,000 have received emergency shelter support, according to the Shelter Cluster.
- Trauma injuries are slowly decreasing, but still represent more than 10 percent of cases. No notable increase in infectious diseases is being reported, according to PAHO/WHO.
- WFP and partners have reached 1.1 million in Port-au-Prince with a two week ration of rice after eight days of the food surge operation.
- The food security of the population in outlying departments and along the border with the Dominican Republic is getting worse, due to increased demand for food.
