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News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 1, 2010 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 HHS Activates Additional Components of National Disaster Medical System to Help U.S. Hospitals Treat Survivors of Earthquake in Haiti As part of the ongoing medical response to the Haiti earthquake, USAID, the agency coordinating the US Government response, announced today that the U.S. Department […]

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, several organizations both locally and nationally including the Red Cross, the Switchboard of Miami, the city of Homestead, Catholic Charities Legal Services and Translators Without Borders have put out calls for Haitian Creole or French speakers to help with translation and interpretation.

Google has made the following site available for contact:  Person Finder/Haiti Earthquake

More news from the White House on assistance to Haiti. Translation of SMS messages needed for aid workers. The number 4636 is operational since last Saturday and messages are coming in that need to be translated. If you can help click on USHAHIDI for instructions. Also, the Red Cross is requesting 30 volunteers to go […]

The IMIA Provider Outreach Committee is reaching out to international relief organizations to determine if there is an appropriate way or ways in which we can be most helpful as a trade association resource to the people of Haiti in their hour of greatest need.

For the most up to date information throughout the coming days please continue to monitor http://www.whitehouse.gov/HaitiEarthquake