United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Haiti • Earthquake
Situation Report #5
16 January 2010

HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

• Fuel for humanitarian operations will only last 2 to 3 more days before operations will be forced to
cease. A fuel distribution mechanism is required urgently.
• 27 Urban Search and Rescue teams are deployed across priority locations with approximately
1,500 rescue workers and 115 dogs. There have been 58 live rescues so far by these teams.
• A joint UNDAC/EU/WFP assessment found 80-90 percent of the buildings destroyed in Leogane
and 40-50 percent in Carrefour and Gressier.
• Priorities for assistance continue to be search and rescue, medical services, shelter, food and
water.
• IOM estimates that 200,000 families (up to one million people) are in need of immediate shelter and
non-food assistance.
• Major health concerns include untreated trauma wounds and infection of wounds.