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Haiti Earthquake

VCU social work professor urges caution in providing humanitarian help to Haiti’s youngest earthquake survivors

Some of Haiti’s youngest earthquake survivors are at great risk for being permanently separated from their families, according to Karen Rotabi, Ph.D., assistant professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work

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VCU homeland security and emergency preparedness professor says pre-earthquake challenges must be addressed in Haiti’s long-term recovery

Life in Haiti was difficult long before a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook the Caribbean country on Jan. 12, and those pre-earthquake challenges must be addressed as part of long-term recovery efforts, according to Jason Levy, Ph.D., associate professor of homeland security and emergency preparedness in Virginia Commonwealth University’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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