REPORT from US Agency for International Development From reliefweb

HIGHLIGHTS

Increased road access and logistics capacity enable relief agencies to reach more hurricane-affected populations

USAID food and relief commodity distributions continue as GoH and UN estimate 806,000 people in urgent need of food assistance in Haiti

CDC works to re-establish cholera surveillance system; UN presents new cholera approach

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

The Government of Haiti (GoH) Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) reported on October 13 that the number of confirmed deaths resulting from Hurricane Matthew had increased from 473 people to 546 people; at least 128 people remain missing.

USAID/OFDA Director Jeremy Konyndyk traveled to Haiti from October 14–16 to meet with the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) and assess ongoing relief efforts and outstanding humanitarian needs.

A joint GoH and UN emergency food security assessment found that Hurricane Matthew caused significant agricultural losses throughout Grand’Anse and Sud departments, resulting in urgent food needs and likely increasing food prices in the coming months.

The DART in Haiti is prioritizing the distribution of USAID-provided food and relief commodities while simultaneously coordinating with the GoH and other relief actors to mitigate the spread of cholera, develop a comprehensive shelter strategy, and determine additional humanitarian needs.

The U.S. military continues to support the transport of urgently needed food assistance and relief commodities to remote, hard-to-reach areas in Haiti’s Grand’Anse, Nippes, and Sud departments. However, improving road access and logistics capability are allowing relief actors to rely less on air support to reach hurricane-affected populations.

Mitigating the cholera outbreak remains a top priority for international response efforts in Haiti. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is supporting the GoH to re-establish surveillance and reporting structures, and USAID/OFDA is providing water treatment supplies to prevent the spread of the disease and oral rehydration salts to help relieve the effects. The UN recently presented a new approach to curbing the spread of cholera in Haiti and plans to scale up its activities.

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