MedicalExpress.com Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Paul Farmer, a doctor and professor at Harvard Medical School, to “help galvanize support for the elimination of cholera in Haiti,” the United Nations said in a statement. He will also be charged with advising “on lessons learned” from the epidemic and “how those can be applied in Haiti...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has issued a revised Haiti travel advisory, warning Americans planning to travel to the Caribbean island nation about robbery, lawlessness, infectious disease and poor medical facilities. “U.S. citizens have been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au-Prince area. No one is safe from...
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Incendie énorme ce soir au Marché du Port communément appellé marché Guérites .Ce marché est situé à la rue du Quai prolongé aux angles de la rue macajoux à coté du marché Hyppolite.Ce marché du Port appellé aussi marché des Guérites est un des plus grands marchés de Port-au-Prince. Ce marché a été complètement incendié ce soir,et...
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December 28, 2012 A massive fire is sweeping the huge market area extending from where the old city hall stood, along the waterfront towards La Saline. Fire engines from as far away as Jacmel have come to help Port-au-Prince equipment. Unfortunately, a shortage of water is complicating efforts to control the blaze. It is...
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Mirebalais’ new world-class facility contrasts sharply with Port-au-Prince’s crumbling General Hospital. Jean Pharés JérômeDecember 28, 2012 06:15 MIREBALAIS, Haiti — Under the leadership of the American NGO Partners In Health, led by Dr. Paul Farmer, the largest post-earthquake health project has finally materialized: the construction of the University Hospital of Mirebalais (HUM). The Haitian...
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Last Friday, at the National Palace, held a Council of Ministers, Ady Jean Gardy, the Minister of Communication summarized the broad lines of interventions at the Council “ The President spoke of difficult times and talked about the courage of his Government. He stressed that the results of certain actions, implemented in 2012 will...
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The equipment will be taken to New York then shipped to the earthquake-ravaged country in the spring. By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call9:56 p.m. EST, December 27, 2012 Two retired ambulances from the Lehigh Valley have been donated to a city in Haiti to assist with medical treatment in a region damaged by...
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Above: flooding during Hurricane Sandy (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and the country’s international humanitarian partners have launched the Humanitarian Action Plan for 2013, which seeks to meet critical humanitarian needs for the country. The plan has identified a core of critical areas, including growing food insecurity concerns, the...
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Almost three years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, more than a third of a million Haitians are still living in tent cities. This shocking failure illustrates the limitations of the international aid system. Humanity is pretty good at pitching in with disaster relief in emergencies — in getting medicine, food and water to people who...
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By Associated Press, Thursday, December 27, 9:49 AM SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Haiti’s singer-turned-president is returning to the international stage. President Michel Martelly will sing two songs with Spanish singer Julio Iglesias at a benefit concert Friday in the Dominican Republic. Martelly has made several impromptu performances in Haiti since he was elected in May...
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It’s been more than two months that the Brandt case broke out exposing the existence of a network of kidnappers with connections to the National Palace, the huge outcry triggered by this mega scandal is followed by a silence of the grave. The first confession by this businessman from one of the richest families...
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DANS L’AFFAIRE CLIFFORD BRANDT Dimitry Vorbe et Stanley Handal exigent rétraction et excuses d’H-O Par Léo Joseph Deux hommes d’affaires haïtiens dont les noms ont été signalés sur la liste des personnes arrêtées parmi celles appréhendées en relation avec l’arrestation de Clifford Brandt demandent que l’affaire soit tirée au clair en ce qui les...
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Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2012-12-26 Robenson Geffrard Cet accord paraphé, lundi, entre le palais national et le Parlement sous l’appellation de « Collège transitoire du Conseil électoral permanent », est accueilli différemment par les leaders politiques haïtiens. Si, pour certains, c’est une bonne chose, pour d’autres, on n’est pas sorti de la crise. Paul...
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Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2012-12-26 Roberson Alphonse roberson_alphonse@yahoo.com Presque trois ans après le séisme du 12 janvier 2010, les langues se délient. Des témoignages et des documents permettent au New York Times de revenir sur l’un des plus révoltants gaspillages de l’aide internationale après une catastrophe naturelle. Sans forcer sur les traits, le New...
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Damon Winter/The New York Times Vegetable vendors worked recently amid rubble in Port-au-Prince, three years after an earthquake devastated the city. More Photos » By DEBORAH SONTAG PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few days after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Reginald Boulos opened the gates of his destroyed car dealership to some 14,000 displaced people...
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La coordination nationale des sociétaires victimes des coopératives a déposé mardi au paquet de Port-au-Prince une plainte pour escroquerie, abus de confiance, vol et association de malfaiteurs contre l’ex-Président Jean-Bertrand Aristide et plusieurs anciens responsables de coopératives financieres ayant fait faillite en 2002/2003. Précisant qu’il avait apporté de nouveaux documents en vue de compléter...
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Vœux du Président de la République, Son Excellence Michel Joseph Martelly, à la Nation à l’occasion de la fête de Noël 2012 Mes chers compatriotes, Frèm ak Sèm yo, Malgré un quotidien que j’aurais voulu sous mon administration, moins rude, Noël 2012 est là et l’esprit de Noël aussi. Malgré tout, malgré des temps moroses,...
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