Ces initiatives de longue durée résultent évidemment des carences du système de santé, qui sont devenues particulièrement évidentes durant la phase d'urgence du séisme, lorsque la Croix-Rouge a traité 216 000 patients.
Training, public education, prevention, and strengthening the capacity of the Haitian Red Cross to deliver health services are all part of this initiative. These long-term initiatives grew out of the obvious gap in the health system, which was highly evident throughout the emergency phase of the earthquake when the Red Cross treated 216,000 patients.