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One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the country has launched into a post-disaster baby boom. To read the story, click on the link underneath this gallery

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Pregnant women who are in labour wait for a bed to open up to deliver their babies at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Sick and premature babies line the wall in the neonatal unit in the maternity ward at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The hospital, also called the baby factory delivers approximately 50 babies a day.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Newborns wait for their mothers to claim them at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Neonatal nurse Rosa Maria Mallard cares for sick and premature babies that line the wall in the neonatal unit in the maternity ward at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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This nameless newborn, who has cholera, is being treated on the cholera maternity ward at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Milla Charles, 24, holds one of her twins. She says she was 'not responsible' for the pregnancy.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Milla Charles, 24, holds one of her twins at Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital run by Medecins sans Frontieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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A child living in the muddy hillside camp, Pentionvile Golf Course Camp for Displaced Persons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, one year after the earthquake rocked the country.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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The Champ des Mars area still has displaced persons camps surrounding the severely damaged Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Mirlande Luis, 22, holds her 22-day-old son her friend who was the result of a gang rape that she said happened when she tried to use the portable toilets at the Champs de Mars displaced persons camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, situated near the presidential palace.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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A line of well-used outdoor toilets line the streets in the Champ des Mars area for use by the residents of the displaced persons camps. Many women from the camps fear using the washroom at night because of the many rapes that have taken place there under the cover of darkness.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Many buildings and roadways are still damaged in Port-au-PrinceDeborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Merit St. Fleur, 34, holding her two-year-old son, near her tent at the Pentionvile Golf Course Camp for Displaced Persons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Children pose for a picture at the Pentionvile Golf Course Camp for Displaced Persons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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A small garden grows near the entranceway where 15 month old Pierre Stanley can be found with a drink in his hand.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Eighteen month old Mitouka Lubin stands in a pathway at Pentionville Golf Course Camp for Displaced Persons in Port-au-Prince, where about 50,000 people are still living in temporary shelters.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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A boy plays at Pentionville Golf Course Camp for Displaced Persons in Port-au-Prince.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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