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1151 Eagle Drive, Loveland, CO, 80537 | (970) 635-0110 | [email protected] | www.imrus.org HAITI Country Briefing Packet
PRE-FIELD BRIEFING PACKET
Contents ABOUT THIS PACKET 3 BACKGROUND 3 PUBLIC HEALTH OVERVIEW 4 COUNTRY OVERVIEW 8 GEOGRAPHY 10 Climate and Weather 12 Demographics 12 Economy 13 Education 14 Religion 14 Culture 15 Poverty 16 SURVIVAL GUIDE 16 Etiquette 16 LANGUAGE 17 SAFETY 19 CURRENCY 20 IMR recommendations on money 20 TIME IN HAITI 21 EMBASSY INFORMATION 21 U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince 21 Haitian Embassy Washington DC 21 WEBSITES 22