Mind & Body
Haiti to Launch World Immunization Week
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- Created on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 06:03
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of Public Health and Population is set to launch World Vaccination Week which will take place from April 21 to May 03. It is the second time in 10 years that Haiti Launches World Immunization Week.
January 12 Earthquake Still Traumatizing for Haitians
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- Created on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 23:53
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Some Haitians say they are still traumatized as the second anniversary of the earthquake of January 2010 approaches.
Haiti-Dec 1: Call for respect of economic and social rights of people with AIDS
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- Created on Thursday, 01 December 2011 18:01
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Commemorating World AIDS Day December 1st, organizations involved in prevention against worldwide pandemic held Wednesday in Port-au-Prince an outreach activity to encourage Haitians Parliamentarians to pass the law on the Rights economic and social rights of persons with AIDS.
15% of the Haitian Population Suffers from Diabetes
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- Created on Friday, 11 November 2011 19:45
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The number of people suffering from diabetes is rising sharply in a developing country like Haiti, according to the Haitian Foundation for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (FHADIMAC).
Cholera Vaccination Program in Haiti Raises Questions
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- Created on Thursday, 10 November 2011 17:06
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A vaccination campaign against cholera is under study in Haiti. However, health experts question the relevance of a program that affects only 1% of the population.
U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter in Haiti to Fight Against Filariasis
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- Created on Monday, 07 November 2011 08:37
LEOGANE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), launched on Sunday with the help of several partners, a campaign of mass distribution of drugs against lymphatic filariasis. The launch ceremony was attended by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn.
Order of Canada Awarded to Haitian Dr. Jean-Claude Fouron
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- Created on Saturday, 05 November 2011 14:27
OTTAWA, Canada (defend.ht) - Dr. Jean-Claude Fouron was one of the 28 individuals to be awarded, on November 4, of highest honor of Canada during a ceremony officiated by His Excellency Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, at his official residence (Rideau Hall, Ottawa).
Haitian Officials Agree to Test Cholera Vaccination on 100
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- Created on Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:03
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) has agreed to test a vaccination against cholera on a hundred subjects from a slum in Port-au-Prince and a rural community at the center of the country and the epidemic.
17 New Cases of Cholera in Hinche after New Feces Dumping by Local United Nations Base
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- Created on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:53
HINCHE, Haiti (defend.ht/alterpresse.org) - September 12, 2011 A water shortage threatens more than a thousand people in Ahibon, near Hinche where the people are afraid to use water from the river polluted by spillage of feces by the United Nations peacekeepers on August 20, 2011.
Study Finds 'Closest Molecular Proof' Linking Haiti Cholera to MINUSTAH
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- Created on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:50
KONGENSE LYNGBY, Denmark (defend.ht) - A new study conducted in Nepal has yielded the most solid evidence yet that U.N. peace-keeping forces brought cholera to Haiti last year, setting off an epidemic that has killed more than 6000 people.
New Obstetrics Emergency Center to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality
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- Created on Friday, 19 August 2011 17:40
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Minister of Health, Alex Larsen and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) were present at the official opening of the free care, 24 hour, References Center in Obstetric Emergencies (CRUO) at Delmas 33 in Port-au-Prince.
Perhaps for Lack of Trust, Haitian Officials Rejected Cholera Vaccinations
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- Created on Monday, 11 July 2011 12:48
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Dutch pharmaceuticals company is claiming that tens of thousands of doses of a cholera vaccine offered to the Haitian government in the early stages of the cholera epidemic was rejected. Public perception and misinformation is suggesting that a lack of trust may have led to the rejection of the donation.
U.S. CDC Determines Source of Cholera to be MINUSTAH Camp
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 June 2011 21:22
ATLANTA, USA - The July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the United States Center for Disease Control and Precention (CDC) suggests the United Nations brought cholera to Haiti.
The Personality of Scholar Roosevelt Jean-Francois
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- Created on Sunday, 19 June 2011 18:31
LIVRES EN FOLIE - I was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I grew up in Fourchard, Carrefour Feuilles. This is such a lovely place where I constantly played football with friends. Still today I have such great memories of this magical place and moments.
Sickle Cell Screening and Outreach Event, First in Haiti
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- Created on Sunday, 19 June 2011 13:21
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - "Screening for Healthy Growth" is the theme of the celebration of World Day of Sickle Cell Anemia Sunday, June 19.
Ministry of Public Health Cartoons Aimed at Fighting Cholera [VIDEO]
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- Created on Wednesday, 15 June 2011 07:18
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in a partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have teamed up to produce six short cartoons to combat cholera.
New Center for In Vitro Fertilisation in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Saturday, 11 June 2011 08:50
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - According to Dr. Harry Beauvais, specialist in infertility and founder of the Haitian Centre for Investigation and Treatment of Advanced Infertility (CHITAI) there are approximately 2 million 950 thousand women in childbearing years in Haiti.
Oxfam Reporting 300 New Cases of Cholera Per Day
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- Created on Friday, 03 June 2011 10:52
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An international aid group says clinics in one section of the capital are seeing a sharp rise in cholera, with more than 300 new cases per day.
Seven High School Graduates, Seven Nationally Recognized Scholars
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- Created on Monday, 30 May 2011 22:10
MIAMI, USA – Geraldine Placide, Geslande Belus, Sainte-Fanie Jean-Baptiste, Rose-Laure Jean-Joseph and Yolandy Michel five students have become new members of the Dell Scholars Program. Additionally, Geraldine Placide is a Gates Scholar as well as a Dell Scholar, and Viodie Douceur is a Chabela Foundation Scholar.
5 Year Old Speaks 7 Languages and Plays 6 Instruments
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- Created on Sunday, 15 May 2011 19:04
NEW YORK, USA - Seven languages. Six musical instruments. Two types of dance and two sports. It all adds up to one busy little Queens girl.
