Haiti - From sustaining lives to sustainable solutions: the challenge of sanitation

This publication tackles the long-term rebuilding of Haiti and specifically addresses the challenges in meeting the sanitation needs for the country in order to avoid the risk of a secondary disaster, in which the people who have survived the earthquake could succumb to preventable disease, and to use this real opportunity to build back much better. It is calling on the international community to recognize sanitation as one of the absolute priorities in Haiti’s reconstruction, and to ensure that sufficient resources are devoted to it. It also advocates for city-wide solid waste management to maintain a cleaner environment, as well as reducing the vulnerability to flooding in the event of heavy rains or hurricanes.