KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: "It's the ability to get them on a timely basis into Haiti. So they came on ships. They've come on as many planes as possible. But there was so much needed simultaneously."
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Before the disaster, it suffered from high death rates among babies and high rates of H.I.V./AIDS, hepatitis and other communicable diseases.
Kathleen Sebelius says the United States had medical teams in Haiti well before the earthquake and will have them there well after.
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: "With more stable infrastructure, once it's rebuilt, with a more robust health system, there's an opportunity to not only deal with the immediate tragedy of the earthquake, but hopefully, some of the longer-term crises that Haitians have experienced day in and day out."
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FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
George Clooney at "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief"On January twenty-second, a televised concert was held to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti. It was called "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief." It included performances from Los Angeles, New York and London and live updates from Haiti. Major networks broadcast the concert in the United States and Canada. And viewers around the world saw it on cable and satellite channels and the Internet.
One of the performers was Alicia Keys.
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