Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Cargill expands support of Notre Dame Haiti Program
The Notre Dame Haiti Program and Cargill have renewed their partnership to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in Haiti. LF, also known as elephantiasis, is a mosquito-borne disease that affects over 2 million Haitians and is the second leading cause of long-term disfigurement and disability worldwide. LF is truly a national disease in Haiti and...
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Growth Rate insufficient (2011-2012)
07/12/2012 10:02:02 Following a mission of the the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Haiti, on the macroeconomic situation of the country from 28 November to 6 December, Mr. Boileau Loko, Head of the IMF mission for Haiti, accompanied by Mrs. Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie Minister of Economy and Finance and Mr. Charles Castel, Governor General...
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Clinton, Bush fund that has helped Haiti businesses since earthquake closing at year’s end-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Published December 07, 2012 Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A pro-business fund that was created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake nearly three years ago will cease operations at the end of this month, an executive for the organization said Friday. Meg Galloway...
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How Haiti Highlights the Failures of U.S. Immigration Policy
U.S. immigration reform will help Haiti much more than U.S. foreign aid. Tate Watkins | December 6, 2012 Marie Therese was one of a handful of Haitian women attending English class in a duplex on a recent Boston morning. In a mixture of English and Haitian Creole, she echoed a sentiment shared by her...
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The new Haiti is emerging-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Wednesday, the Government presented the progress of the major priority projects, their costs and funding sources. Today we note that the major projects of reconstructions are multiplying and that the new Haiti is emerging. Corridor administrative : The cost of construction of the Ministry of the Interior is estimated at $17.5million (Funding: PetroCaribe-Treasury), and...
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BEWARE UN PEACEKEEPERS!! France’s ex-soldiers in Ivory Coast admit Mahe killing
French troops are now helping to rebuild the Ivorian army Four ex-French peacekeepers have admitted their role in the killing of a suspected gang leader in Ivory Coast in 2005, but say they acted under orders. Prosecutors have asked a Paris court to jail Col Eric Burgaud and his three co-defendants for suffocating Firmin...
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Exploited orphan girl ‘restaveks’ can face years of sex-trafficking-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A Notre Dame orphanage girl walks by a doll laying on the ground in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 2010 as UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman arrives following the devastating earthquake that shook the region. Often without advocates and ‘falling through the cracks’ Haitian girl orphans are vulnerable to exploitation under sex-trafficking. Image: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters (WNN/TL)...
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Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue
Enlarge PhotoAssociated Press/Wilfredo Lee – In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Brittany Mariscal, an entomological technician with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, sorts and counts dead captured mosquitoes …more Related Content Enlarge PhotoIn this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 … Enlarge PhotoIn this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 … KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Mosquito control officials...
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Smartphones to be pocket seismometers
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, San Francisco A range of phones are hooked up to the Berkeley Seismological Lab’s shake table The smartphones in our pockets are about to get even smarter. Scientists want these ubiquitous gadgets to be put to work helping them detect and investigate earthquakes. The devices contain accelerometers...
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