With no oxygen in intensive care or gloves in the emergency room, residents at Haiti’s largest hospital have gone on…
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Health & Science, New York
Pen Ak Kafe: A Discussion on Mental Health in the Haitian Community
The Haitian Flag Day Planning Committee of NJ, Inc. (HFDPCNJ) is hosting its 2nd Annual Pen Ak Kafe: A Discussion…
Health & Science
Haitian Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Lynn Labrousse Creates Change for Women’s Infertility
Haitian Physician, Dr. Lynn Labrousse Launches Holistic Product Line, Fey Essence MIAMI – Dr. Lynn Labrousse, a Haitian Miami-based female…
Health & Science
Mosquito-borne Diseases Cut in Half Due to Prevention Programs in Haiti
Nothing But Nets celebrates progress in Haiti.
Haiti Talks, Health & Science
Haiti Talks: Eradicating Malaria In Haiti
Singer and songwriter Phyllisia Ross talks with the Haitian Times on malaria in Haiti and how she’s using her stardom…
Health & Science
Challenges Of Training Health Professionals In Haiti
A woman is comforted by another outside the general hospital in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. A magnitude 5.2…
Health & Science, Protests
No medicines, records or equipment: Haiti hospital struggles during protests
The languid whack of a ceiling fan stirs the heat around the Intensive Care Unit. It’s the only sound on…
Health & Science, New York, Only In The Haitian Times
Kreyol Edition listening session seeks to end mental health stigma in Haitian Community
The event was spearheaded by program coordinator Ruth Jean-Marie who was inspired by a similar event called ‘Escúchame’ for the Latino community in the Bronx where the sessions were conducted in both English and Spanish. These events according to Jean-Marie are part of a larger initiative launched by First Lady Chirlane McCray that addresses mental health concerns by creating access to resources, specifically for the black community to thrive.
Health & Science
‘We have a shower for pain relief’: can Haiti’s young midwives save a new generation?
The country has the highest maternal death rate in the Americas. But there’s a new solution: putting care in the…
Health & Science
Out of sick teen’s cancer ordeal, Haiti doctors find a new way
Djooly Jeune, the Haiti teen who is battling Burkitt’s lymphoma in a poverty-stricken country where there are few treatment options…