“Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Haiti today,” stated Dr. Jean William Pape according to Le Nouvelliste. “We are in a complex situation. We have women suffering from hypertension and they are also obese as well as anemic,” said the director of the GHESKIO centers. Dr. Pape also said “There are four times more cases of hypertension in Haiti both in men than in women compared to black Americans, “he revealed, stressing that the black race is, in general, prone to developing these types of disease.”