The survivors of the earthquake in Haiti face deadly outbreaks of diarrhea, measles and malaria after the country’s already fragile clean water and health-care systems were destroyed.

Health officials say that even before the bodies of the dead have been removed from the rubble, it is important in the coming few days that massive containers of water be set up throughout the capital of Port-au-Prince.

In addition to this several temporary treatment centers need to be set up along with tons of antibiotics and basic medical supplies delivered.

Haiti has been suffering from high rates of malnutrition and lack of access to health services in the Western Hemisphere, as per the World Health Organization (WHO).

The health infrastructure has not been spared by this crisis for aid workers to build upon. Thomas Kirsch, director of operations at John Hopkins School of Medicine’s department of emergency medicine in Baltimore, said that the disease outbreaks could be worse than in the aftermaths of comparable natural disasters.

Margaret Aguirre, a spokeswoman for the emergency response team of International Medical Corp., said “The health system has been eliminated, water and sanitation entirely knocked out. The chance of them recovering even to the low level that they were before is almost zero.”