Thursday, December 1, 2011: 11:45 am: NHAHA members will be at Radio Soleil on Friday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 pm to talk about the 30th year of HIV and what it means for Haitians.
Radio Soleil link: Click here!

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Interview with DR. MAX ESSEX at Havard School Of Public Health
Haitians Dispel AIDS Myth with Harvard Researcher...
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Conference Summary

Before the earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince and killed close to 300.000 Haitians, the health of Haiti was in dire strait. The health situation today is even more worrisome and the future uncertain.

Our 7th and 8th annual conferences focused on Health Systems Strengthening in Haiti's reconstruction looking into 2010-2020. The 2010 and 2011 conferences provided a venue for stakeholders to interface in ensuring that health is placed front and centre as a priority issue in Haiti rebuilding. Read more...

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Haiti Grapples With Highest Cholera Rate In World

Just one year after the cholera epidemic emerged in Haiti, nearly half a million Haitians have contracted the disease and more than 6,000 have died form it. Michel Martin explores what cholera is, and how Haiti's government is making new efforts to tackle the crisis. She speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean Correspondent Jacqueline Charles and Dr. Louise Ivers, who lives in Haiti and works for Partners in Health. Read more...

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Haiti's Health Partners Pledge Support for Plan to Improve Vaccination

Washington, D.C., 21 October 2011 (PAHO/WHO) - Representatives of key health organizations working in Haiti pledged this week to support new efforts to strengthen the country's immunization program, including by introducing new vaccines that could save thousands of lives each year. ... Read more...

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Haiti turns to vaccinations a year after cholera struck

In a dramatic policy shift, Haiti has agreed to support a massive vaccination program to slow a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 6,000 lives and sickened almost a half-million people.

Beginning in January, Boston-based Partners in Health will provide two dosages of the oral vaccine Shanchol to 100,000 Haitians living in two vulnerable communities: a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, where potable water and latrines are luxuries, and to an isolated rural village in the lower Artibonite Valley region. Read more...

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NEWS FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE -
French Document - Version Française
Une Nouvelle Etude dément la Notion de plus grande prévalence du SIDA parmi les immigrants haïtiens. Lire la suite...