Residents of urban slums are vulnerable to poor health outcomes because of a confluence of poverty, inadequate healthcare access and…
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Cholera Incidence Significantly Decreases in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Oct 29 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Haiti registered 38 deaths due to cholera…
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New vaccine launched in Haiti could save up to 270,000 children a year
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti on Monday launched the introduction of another vaccine, this one to protect children against deadly pneumonia. The Ministry…
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How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
The cost of healthcare in rural Haiti was found to vary widely, even inside the same health organization. A pioneering…
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Haiti – Health : Nearly 20 people die every day of HIV/AIDS in Haiti
The 6th Mortality, Morbidity and Service Utilization Survey (EMMUS-VI) conducted by the Haitian Institute of Childhood in collaboration with the…
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Survey finds many children not vaccinated in Haiti
A recent survey has found “a worrying drop” in the number of children vaccinated in Haiti. The sixth Mortality, Morbidity,…
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Health System in Haiti Takes Key Step by Launching National Tuberculosis Tracker
Haiti’s government this year launched a national electronic platform for reporting and tracking tuberculosis (TB), a key step in its…
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How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer’s?
The prospect of having Alzheimer’s can be so scary, and the current treatment options so few, that many people dismiss memory problems or other symptoms rather than investigate them, say Alzheimer’s specialists; it’s estimated that as many as half of all cases aren’t diagnosed.
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Lack Of Insurance Exposes Blind Spots In Vision Care
“Many of the kids we’re serving fall through the cracks,” said Dr. Sandra Block, a professor of optometry at the Illinois College of Optometry and medical director of the school-based vision clinics program. Many are low-income Hispanic and African-American children whose parents may not speak English or are immigrants who are not in the country legally.
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Another Cause Of Doctor Burnout: Being Forced To Give Immigrants Unequal Care
One patient’s death changed the course of Dr. Lilia Cervantes’ career. The patient, Cervantes said, was a woman from Mexico…