According to a new global survey from the U.K. risk analysis firm Maplecroft, Haiti is the nation most at risk from rising sea levels, floods and other impacts of climate change. Thirty countries are listed as being at ‘extreme risk,’ with the top 10 comprising of Haiti, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Cambodia, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic [...]
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Haiti is the nation most at risk from climate change
Posted by Haiti News on October 27th, 2011
Haiti health officials refused a donation of the leading cholera vaccine Dukoral?
Posted by Haiti News on October 23rd, 2011
According to Financial times, Haiti health officials last year had refused a donation of significant amounts of the leading cholera vaccine Dukoral, one that could have prevented a half-million cholera cases from occurring. “Ronald Brus, chief executive of Crucell, the Dutch company that makes the leading cholera vaccine Dukoral, said he had proposed significant donations [...]
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No Comments »Head of aid agency Oxfam in Haiti resigns
Posted by Haiti News on August 13th, 2011
The director of Oxfam’s operations in Haiti has resigned amid an inquiry into allegations of misconduct by staff. Oxfam said the allegations were not linked to fraud. A small number of Oxfam workers in Haiti have been suspended, pending the outcome of an inquiry. The staff suspended are not thought to be British nationals. Oxfam GB [...]
Flaws found in a controversial U.S. report estimating the death toll from Haiti’s earthquake last year
Posted by Haiti News on June 28th, 2011
Flaws have been found in a controversial U.S. report estimating the death toll from Haiti’s earthquake last year was far lower than previously thought, a U.S. official said Friday. It was the strongest statement yet by U.S. government officials since a leaked draft report commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development raised questions over [...]
Rising Cases of cholera in Haiti and Dominican Republic
Posted by Haiti News on June 25th, 2011
Cases of cholera are on the rise in Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, saying more than 18,000 new cases in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, have been recorded recently. Read More: Haiti cholera – 300 new cases per day in crowded section of the capital “This increase [...]
Heavy rains give rise to fears of new cholera outbreak in Haiti
Posted by Haiti News on June 10th, 2011
The Haitian Health Ministry urged Haitians to take preventive measures against cholera following days of pouring rains in the island state. Haitian Health Ministry said in a statement that extreme measures must be taken as soon as possible, mainly among the people living in the refugee camps. The ministry said so far almost 5,000 people [...]
