Global Links is working with national and international health authorities to identify short-term and long-term needs for medical materials in response to the disaster. Global Links is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other partners to develop a long-term recovery and medical assistance program that will be set in motion after more immediate needs for water, food, shelter, and sanitation have been met. Global Links has a 19 year relationship with PAHO/WHO and have been collaborating with them in disaster recovery efforts in Cuba since October of 2008, and in ongoing aid in Haiti and throughout the hemisphere.