Immediate health priorities in Haiti after the January earthquake include search and rescue for survivors, providing surgical/medical services to treat injured survivors, preventing wound infection, and providing shelter, food, clean water and sanitation, according to the World Health Organization's Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions--Earthquake: Haiti. Other public health considerations include ensuring key reproductive health interventions, HIV prevention, treatment, and care, mental health and psychosocial support. This section on Healthcare of the Haiti Relief Toolkit includes resources to support relief workers' efforts in these health areas.

For resources pertaining to providing shelter, water and sanitation, and food security, please see the respective tabs above.  Also see the general disaster relief guides in the Key Resources section of this toolkit.