Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Cholera aside, Haitians stuck in camps suffer as well
Washington Post: The May 27 editorial “ ‘Really, quite disastrous’ ” correctly noted that “the world’s worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti.” Not only have…
Haiti to pay mothers school incentives via mobile
The earthquake of January 2010 devastated much of Port-au-Prince The government in Haiti says it will begin transferring cash credits to mothers who send their…
Withholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice and the Right to Water in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
“Cholera is something they sent,” says graffiti on Port-au-Prince walls, “to finish killing off the rest of us.” Scientists have shown that the cholera pathogen…
Haiti – Social : Oxfam temporarily stops its operations to Corail-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Following two demonstrations on 25 April and 30 May 2012 before its premises in Petion-ville by a group of people from the camp Corail, the…
Haiti police say 4 men confessed to killing of Swiss woman over orphanage investigation
By Associated Press, Published: May 31 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Four men have confessed they killed a Swiss woman after she began to investigate the finances of…
Why a Doctor Believes Lawyers Can Stop Haiti’s Cholera
May 30, 2012 Dear Friend, Why would a doctor working in Haiti for 15 years think that lawyers have the best chance of controlling Haiti’s…
Haitian Americans urge Obama to speed up visa processing for relatives
By Georgia East, Sun Sentinel7:38 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2012 As Haitian Heritage month wraps up, Haitian American leaders are urging President Barack Obama to…
Haiti Can’t “Build Back Better” Without Better Journalists
By Kathie Klarreich / Port-au-Prince | May 30, 2012 | Allison Shelley / Polaris Haitian President Michel Martelly meets the press in front of the…
Chagas Disease, an incurable infection, called the ‘new AIDS of the Americas’: report
Is this the disease that killed Charles Darwin? By Meghan Neal / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Oxford Scientific/Getty Images Chagas disease is a parasitic infection…
Dr. Pran Kundi seeks out information on Haitian child
By Allan Benner, The Tribune Dr. Pran Kundi holds a three-year-old boy he treated during two weeks spent in Haiti working with Mission of Hope….
Haiti – Politic : Serious consequences in case of publication of the Constitution…
Reacting to the possible publication of the text of the amended Constitution, the historian Georges Michel explains the consequences of such a decision “…the President…
Haiti to pay mothers school incentives via mobile
The earthquake of January 2010 devastated much of Port-au-Prince The government in Haiti says it will begin transferring cash credits to mothers who send their…
Haiti Faces 30-Year Climb to Middle Income Status, says U.S. Official
OTTAWA – It will take Haiti the better part three decades to become a middle income country on par with its Caribbean island neighbour, the…
Droits humains : Washington dresse un sombre tableau de la situation en Haïti
Dans son dernier rapport rendu public jeudi, le Département d’Etat dénonce la persistance de la corruption dans les différents organes du pouvoir, l’implication de policiers…
Les travaux d’infrastructures routières créent la panique
Joubert Rochefort joubertrochefort@yahoo.fr Plusieurs travaux de réhabilitation routière sont inachevés. D’autres sont tout simplement abandonnés. Malgré les nombreuses promesses d’aménagement, les décisions sont encore au…
‘Emergency plan’ to eradicate polio launched
Anuradha Gupta, from India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, says they remain vigilant despite becoming free of the disease Tackling polio has entered “emergency…
Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti shantytown
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium…
‘Really quite disastrous’
WashingtonPost: By Editorial Board, Saturday, May 26, 3:23 PM AS THE WORLD’S worst outbreak of cholera continues to ravage Haiti, international donors have averted their gaze. Humanitarian…
Les Milliards d’Haïti – Une Exclusive Interview de Colin Powell…
Why The US Owes Haiti Billions – The Briefest History (Original English Version below) Les Milliards d’Haïti – Une exclusive interview de Colin Powell Collin…
Mexico and CARICOM Sign Agreement on Haiti’s Reconstruction
Above: Mexico and CARICOM begin talks in Barbados Monday (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell-Carib Journal BRIDGETOWN — Haiti’s reconstruction efforts will receive support following the…