Haiti Health Care

In Haiti: Rebuilding a Healthier Future With Vaccines

Dagfinn Høybråten | Posted 05.15.2012

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Dagfinn Høybråten

In post-earthquake Haiti, the women weren't lined up waiting for food. They sat on wooden benches inside a large tent and waited patiently to have their children vaccinated.

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Effective Service Delivery: Accompaniment

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 03.25.2012

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Christy Turlington Burns

For those of you who have heard of Paul Farmer, you can probably imagine him in this scene: he is trudging for miles to visit patients in their homes as they struggle to fight their own health battles.

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Haiti Cholera Outbreak Spreads Toward Capital: Hundreds Dead, Thousands Sick

AP | JACOB KUSHNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A cholera outbreak that already has left 250 people dead and more than 3,000 sickened is at the doorstep of an enormous ...

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Six Months After The Earthquake In Haiti: Has Health Care Improved?

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that crippled much of Haiti's infrastructure, international aid groups poured into the country, bringing medica...

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Life and Death Decisions in Haiti

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jon LaPook

I watched a nurse in northern Haiti remove a clinic's only oxygen machine from a premature baby in order to give it to a woman suffering in labor. As a physician, I've felt helpless many, many times. This was different.

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The Desperate State Of Haitian Health Care

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jon LaPook

During my recent trip to Haiti, I stood by with my heart in my throat as I watched a nurse take away oxygen from a premature baby in order to give it to a mother in labor whose unborn child had a faltering heartbeat.

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Medical Aid And Donations Giving Good Health Care In Post-Quake Haiti

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The 6-month-old baby boy was rushed to the field hospital near death in a donated ambulance, his body trembling in shock...

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Health in Haiti: Lessons to Learn for National Public Health Week 2010

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

To truly improve the health of Haitians, the social and economic drivers of disease must be addressed. This means providing educational and occupational opportunities for all, as well as establishing a sustainable, modern public health system.

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