Last updated:聽18 january, 2010 - 14:28 GMT
In depth: Haiti's humanitarian crisis
The United Nations has described it as the worst humanitarian disaster it has had to confront in its history.
Large numbers of earthquake survivors have had to fend for themselves because insufficient aid is getting through to them.
A Newshour special looks at the logistics behind the massive relief operation in Haiti.
Julian Marshall examines the country's long history of natural and man-made disasters and asks if the earthquake could lead to a new beginning for the impoverished country.
First broadcast 18 January 2010