Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today denounced "hundreds of thousands" of Haitians still live in squalid conditions in makeshift camps and with an uncertain future following the devastating earthquake of February past.
"From the first moment has been very difficult to determine the number of displaced persons, but we're talking hundreds of thousands. But the problem is that now, six months later, even much of the population lives in camps " said` re sponsible mission of the NGO Doctors Without Borders in Haiti.
added that "some fields are small, 20 people, but there are other great housing more than 20,000 ".
The activist said it was absolutely necessary that these people are resettled, in order to overcome the emergency situation in which they live and avoid further problems, including possible epidemics.
regard, Van Dillen said, to date, it has been that there have been outbreaks among the affected population.
Moreover, MSF denounced the poor state of infrastructure in Haiti and how little progress has been made in reconstruction.
"In the first hours, days, weeks after the emergency we operated directly on the asphalt, now is not so, but the situation has not improved at the pace it should," said .
Therefore, the agency renewed its appeal to the international community to continue collaborating closely in the still daunting task of rebuilding Haiti.
"From the first moment has been very difficult to determine the number of displaced persons, but we're talking hundreds of thousands. But the problem is that now, six months later, even much of the population lives in camps " said` re sponsible mission of the NGO Doctors Without Borders in Haiti.
added that "some fields are small, 20 people, but there are other great housing more than 20,000 ".
The activist said it was absolutely necessary that these people are resettled, in order to overcome the emergency situation in which they live and avoid further problems, including possible epidemics.
regard, Van Dillen said, to date, it has been that there have been outbreaks among the affected population.
Moreover, MSF denounced the poor state of infrastructure in Haiti and how little progress has been made in reconstruction.
"In the first hours, days, weeks after the emergency we operated directly on the asphalt, now is not so, but the situation has not improved at the pace it should," said .
Therefore, the agency renewed its appeal to the international community to continue collaborating closely in the still daunting task of rebuilding Haiti.
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