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Cholera worsening due to lack of funds and supplies
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- Created on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:49 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Data and reports released this week have indicated that the cholera outbreak in Haiti is worsening despite the declaration by Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in October who said it was under control.
Delaware volunteers to build clinic and village in Jacmel
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- Created on Monday, March 04, 2013 2:18 PM
WILMINGTON, USA (defend.ht) - A group of health workers from Delaware, USA received donated land to build a village in the city of Jacmel that will be hallmarked by the building of a clinic, with homes, schools, shops and recreation areas.
Hundreds in Gonaïves Sick after Ede Pep Food Distribution
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- Created on Friday, January 04, 2013 9:35 PM
GONAIVES, Haiti (defend.ht) – Several hundred residents in the district of Rabado in the city of Gonaives were stricken with severe diarrhea on Tuesday immediately after consuming hot meals distributed by the Martelly/Lamothe administration who were in the city on the 209th anniversary of Haiti’s independence.
After Trying for 6 Years, Parents Welcome Quadruplets
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- Created on Monday, October 01, 2012 10:54 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Madonna Laguerre Gregory, 30, gave birth to quadruplets, all boys, last Monday at the Saint Damien Hospital in Tabarre. The children did come premature and by caesarean section but all, including the mother, are doing well.
Global Fund Bestows High Praise for Haiti's Fight against Infectious Diseases
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- Created on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:42 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - At a conference in Washington D.C., Global Fund Grants Management Director, Mark Eldon-Edington gave the highest praise to Haiti's Multisectoral Coordination Committee being managed by the First Lady, Sophia Martelly. In his declaration, Eldon-Edington said the institution has gone from "dysfunctional" to one of the most functional in the world, top 10 percent.
Haiti to Launch World Immunization Week
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- Created on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:03 AM
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, January 04, 2012 11:53 PM
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, December 01, 2011 6:01 PM
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, November 11, 2011 7:45 PM
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, November 10, 2011 5:06 PM
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, November 07, 2011 8:37 AM
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, November 05, 2011 2:27 PM
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, October 20, 2011 2:03 PM
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, September 13, 2011 2:53 PM
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, August 23, 2011 6:50 PM
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, August 19, 2011 5:40 PM
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, July 11, 2011 12:48 PM
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, June 29, 2011 9:22 PM
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, June 19, 2011 6:31 PM
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, June 19, 2011 1:21 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - "Screening for Healthy Growth" is the theme of the celebration of World Day of Sickle Cell Anemia Sunday, June 19.
