"Three-and-a-half years after a devastating earthquake that killed 200,000 people, Haiti is slowly returning to normal.
There used to be 1.5 million people living under tents in the immediate aftermath of the quake - that number has now dropped to 320,000."
"Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the UN and other humanitarian organisations scrambled to provide sufficient housing for 1.5 million Haitians. At the end of 2013, around 150,000 people were still living in temporary structures and makeshift tents. Progress to rebuild the country has been slow."
Disaster response needs to address misbeliefs about health hazards, respect bereaved, and allow dignified laying to rest
Dead body management (pdf) is a key element of disaster response: how corpses are dealt with can have a profound impact and long-lasting effect on the mental health of survivors and communities, say experts.