When establishing infrastructure to address cardiovascular diseases in Haiti, "this study suggests that we need to shift focus to early prevention of hypertension and heart failure," Dr. McNairy said.
That same year the deadly disease killed more than 5,500 people ... An epidemic of cholera killed at least 10,000 people in Haiti in 2010 following a deadly earthquake that paralyzed the nation.
The 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12 decimated Haiti's already meager health system, creating conditions for disease to thrive in cramped refugee camps. Only one person in two among the Haitian ...
Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the brink, Doctors Without ...
In Haiti, one's status as a deportee brings an added level of risk. Here is why police and gangs are targeting such people ...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 23, 2024 - FRAME GRAB FROM VIDEO - Dr. Patrice Joseph, is in charge of the HIV, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases at GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Joseph also ...
Community-based care in rural Haiti: the Partners in Health model ... over 35,000 health workers in the management of these diseases. GHESKIO has conducted many landmark studies on HIV/AIDS ...