Haiti Cholera Outbreak

Haitian Mothers and the Meaning of Rain

Wynn Walent | Posted 05.09.2012

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I have spent the last two years in Haiti, and the sound of rain is forever changed. Where the sound of rain once brought comfort, it now brings worry that comes with my intimate knowledge of what rain means these days in Haiti.

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Baseball in the Time of Cholera

Olivia Wilde | Posted 04.18.2012

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Baseball in the Time of Cholera follows the effects of the cholera outbreak on a young Haitian athlete. We made this film because it is simply not an option to let the 7,000 people killed disappear into the cold swamp of statistics.

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Has Foreign Aid Hurt Haiti: An Interview with Mario Joseph

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.06.2012

Mario Joseph is Haiti's most influential and respected human rights attorney. Since 1996, he has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, which uses prominent human rights cases and a victim-centered approach in the interest of the poor majority.

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The UN and Cholera in Haiti

Abby Goldberg | Posted 04.16.2012

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On Monday, the United Nations Security Council began a four-day mission in Haiti to evaluate their peacekeeping and reconstruction efforts. Part of their trip will include a visit to a treatment center for victims of cholera. A visit is a good start, but not enough.

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Haiti Earthquake Aid: Champagne, Cruise Ships & Cholera

John Hrabe | Posted 03.13.2012

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Cheryl Mills has the unenviable task of coordinating America's aid efforts in Haiti. That's why I've selflessly volunteered to help her out by listing the five things she forgot to mention about Haiti's recovery.

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Finding Hope in Haiti

Sheila C. Johnson | Posted 03.19.2012

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I toured Haiti last week with one of the greatest creative minds in the world -- my friend Donna Karan, whose Urban Zen Foundation is doing extraordinary work to help Haiti's people design their own future. Amidst Haiti's devastation, here is beauty, alive and well.

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Soccer in Haiti: 2 Years After the Quake

Deji Olukotun | Posted 03.13.2012

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The world has focused on rebuilding Haiti after this tragedy, but it's important not to lose sight of Haiti's rich traditions. One of them is soccer.

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WHO: 500,000 Haiti Cholera Cases Likely By Year End

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

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GENEVA — The World Health Organization says the number of cholera cases in Haiti is expected to exceed 500,000 by the end of 2011. The U.N. hea...

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Haiti's Capital Sees Threefold Jump In Cholera

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 12.10.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreig...

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Haiti: Cholera Down but People Still "Abandoned Like Stray Dogs"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.21.2011

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There is mixed news from Haiti in the last few weeks, but all of it reflects a government paralyzed by a combination of foreign meddling, an administration hamstrung by a balky Parliament, and the refusal of foreign donors to make good on pledges.

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Keeping Hope Alive in Haiti's Tent Cities

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke | Posted 07.17.2011

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Almost 700,000 Haitians who lost their homes in the quake are still living in appalling conditions. The majority of these people still lack access to basic services like healthcare, clean water, toilets, sanitation and live in tattered shelters.

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Did UN Peacekeepers Bring Cholera to Haiti? Expert Panel Hedges Bets

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 07.05.2011

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A South Asian strain of cholera contaminated a river where Haitians drink, wash, bath and swim, causing an outbreak that killed over 4,000 people in the past year, a UN-appointed panel reported late on Wednesday.

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Haiti Election DEBACLE: Nation Again Near Turmoil

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in Haiti's critical post-quake election as ballots b...

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Cholera In Haiti Slows But Could Surge

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAINT-MARC, Haiti — The cholera epidemic that has raged across this country is claiming fewer victims, with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere...

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Haiti: Pointing Fingers and Embracing Failure

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many have been quick to point fingers and assign blame for the slow speed of recovery in Haiti. This can dangerously lead to a poorly-informed public and a skewed set of incentives for donors and NGOs.

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DEADLY Anti-U.N. Protests Sweep Haiti

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An outbreak of cholera has killed more than 1,000 people, the Haitian government said Tuesday as it sent top officials t...

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Genesis of Haiti's Second Humanitarian Disaster

Margaret Aguirre | Posted 05.25.2011

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When cases of cholera began to emerge in late October, it would prove much more difficult to sound the alarm that a new catastrophe was in our midst and demanded our attention.

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Haiti's Recovery Must Be Haitian-Led

Ruth Messinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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The international community has pledged $5 billion in aid, yet much of that money has not made its way into the country.

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Cholera In Haiti: A Look From The Trenches

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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To learn more about the current health situation in Haiti, I recently spoke with Dr. Andre Vulcain, co-director of the Justinien Hospital family medicine residency training program in Cap Haitien.

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UN Appeals For $164 Million To Combat Haiti Cholera

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — The United Nations asked for $164 million Friday to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has already claimed 724 lives and is expec...

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Experts: Did UN troops Infect Haiti?

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Researchers should determine whether United Nations peacekeepers were the source of a deadly outbreak of cholera in Haiti, t...

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Haiti Suffers Year Of Crisis With Nobody In Charge

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The silhouetted bodies moved in waves through the night, climbing out of crumbled homes and across mounds of rubble. Hun...

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Haiti Cholera Matches South Asian Strain, Says CDC

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 300 people in Haiti matches strains commonly found in South Asia, the U.S. ...

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Protesters Blame UN Base For Cholera In Haiti

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of protesters who blame U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal for Haiti's widening cholera epidemic marched on a rural m...

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ICE Should Not Resume Deportations to Haiti

Jeffrey Kahn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite Haiti's raging cholera epidemic, the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it will resume deportations to Haiti this January. Timing could not be worse.

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