“We cannot continue to bury our heads in the sand when we have pregnancies that are happening to 15 and…
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Cervical cancer is treatable. Why are women in Haiti still dying from it?
Cervical cancer is a disease that Haiti cannot afford. And in most cases, it’s a disease the country’s broken healthcare…
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Cuba will support maternal services with new specialists in Haiti
Cuba will increase its medical presence in Haiti, in response to a request from the health authorities of this nation,…
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CUNY Researchers Gauge Hypertension Prevalence Among Residents Of Haitian Slums
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…