Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
By David Darg and Bryn Mooser Speakeasy.com Courtesy of the filmmakers Joseph Alvyns, team captain of the Haitian Little League team the Tabarre Tigers. David Darg and Bryn Mooser live and work in Haiti. They are the co-directors of the documentary “Baseball in the Time of Cholera,” which premieres today at the Tribeca Film...
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Haiti launched a countrywide vaccination campaign to immunize millions of children against childhood killers. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, center, tours the Eliazar Germain hospital during a visit in Port-au-prince, Haiti, Monday, April 16, 2012. Sebelius is visiting Port-au-Prince to highlight the United States’ ongoing partnership with the Haitian government...
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WASHINGTON, Apr 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is proud to recognize that Paul Altidor, the Fund’s Vice President of Programs and Investments, has been nominated to be Haiti’s Ambassador to the United States. Accordingly, Mr. Altidor has tendered his resignation from the Fund. The Fund’s Executive Vice President, Ambassador...
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Prensa Latina:Port-au-Prince, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) At least 11 people died in northern Haiti last week by a renewed outbreak of the epidemic of cholera, reported the authorities Tuesday. In accordance with the mayor of the town of d Anse-Rouge (region of Artibonite), Celareste Honorat, the number of deceased reported in seven days went...
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NPR.org by Richard Knox 07:50 pm Ramon Espinosa/APU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (center) talks to a health worker during a visit to Eliazar Germain hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday. It’s Sebelius’ first visit to the country. A campaign to introduce new childhood vaccines to Haiti will save tens of...
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Hemispheric leaders ended their two-day meeting without issuing a final declaration and with some members demanding that Cuba be part of any future meetings — or they will stay away. President Barack Obama, left, and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos shake hands during a joint news conference at Casa de Huespedes during the 6th...
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11:19 am April 13, 2012 John W. Poole / NPRA makeshift latrine hangs over the water at the edge of Cite de Dieu, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Multimedia Port-au-Prince is about the size of Chicago. But it doesn’t have a sewer system. It’s one of the largest cities in the world without one....
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CBS News:PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The chief advocates for a cholera vaccination program in Haiti will begin distributing the vaccine this weekend after a government ethics committee gave approval following months of delay, a project organizer said Friday. Jonathan Lascher, Haiti program manager for the Boston-based Partners in Health, said more than 200 trained health...
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NPR.Org: In the teeming city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, millions of people have no reliable water supply. Many of the underground pipes that did exist were ruptured by the 2010 earthquake. Many public water kiosks are dry. So life for most people is a constant struggle for water. And now that cholera has invaded Haiti,...
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by Richard Knox NPR.Org After myriad delays and setback, health workers in Haiti are beginning to vaccinate against cholera. John W. Poole / NPRRice farmer Alexi Rochnel shows his blank cholera vaccination card. April is the beginning of Haiti’s rainy season, which will likely intensify Haiti’s cholera outbreak. Today, 50,000 people living in the...
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