Natural disasters and human emergencies are recurring phenomenon’s that leave disastrous effects in their wake. On 12th January 2010‚ a major earthquake of a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Haiti. The catastrophic quake centred about 15 miles South West of Port-au-Prince left considerable damage to a majority of towns in the country including the capital city. According to UN reports‚ of the total 9 million people in the country‚ the earthquake has affected half of the population. About 222
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Access to Healthcare Services in Haiti Lena Almas Miami Dade “Healthcare is a human right‚ every American is entitled to the right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health.” Those words were spoken by former President Theodore Roosevelt on January 11‚ 1944 to the American Congress. This essential freedom is not enjoyed by the global society at large and currently “over one billion people lack access to basic healthcare systems.” (Carr‚ 2004‚ p. 28) Unfortunately
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Food Scarcity in Haiti Agricultures role in the economy has had a major negative shift since the 1950s. Multiple contributors have been responsible for this significant decline. A few of the major factors that played a role in the decline include the continuing separation of landholdings‚ under developed technology in agriculture‚ migration out of rural regions‚ unstable land ownership‚ little to no capital investment‚ high taxes‚ the low levels of productivity of malnourished animals‚ diseases
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DUO 1804 is a partnership of two modern composers of Haitian descent. In the year 1804‚ Haiti gained their independence from France and now DBR and Val-Inc are using their Haitian background to express feelings of freedom‚ revolution‚ and human spirituality. When I walked into the concert I was very skeptical and biased that I would dislike it. They asked the audience to take a risk and explore the boundaries of classical music together. My boundaries have been broken and now I see a whole new side
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January 2010‚ an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude occurred nearby the capital city of Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti. As of June 2015‚ 103‚565 internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Haiti continue to live in camps established in the aftermath of the earthquake and‚ according to the United Nations‚ some 70‚000 of the remaining IDPs have no prospect of a durable solution (Human Rights Watch‚ World Report 2015: Haiti). Despite considerable IDP relocations since 2010‚ increasing violence against women and children
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Haiti has the highest incidence of HIV/Aids in Latin America and the Caribbean - 90% of the HIV/AIDS cases in the Caribbean belong to Haiti. Consequences Overpopulation has created many problems in Haiti destroying families and causing great damage to the country’s political and financial state‚ as well as diminishing the health and vitality of the population. One of the biggest problems in Haiti currently is the spread and containment of disease within the country. Currently due to high densities
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clean water. Haiti has the worst water treatment in the Western Hemisphere (¨Water¨). The water in Haiti is riddled with Cholera and Typhoid however‚ the water treatment can be improved by sending LifeStraw Missions to the people of Haiti. Problem Cholera is a disease that is not hard for residents in Haiti to catch because of the poor water treatment. It is a disease caused by a bacteria called Vibrio Cholerae that´s found in water and food that gets contaminated by human stool. In Haiti‚ only 24%
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Haiti’s Healthcare Plan . Haiti is a country struggling to survive daily life and after the 2010 earthquake‚ struggles even more then before to maintain the health and wellbeing of its citizens. An overwhelmingly large percent of Haiti’s population lives below the poverty line and suffers form malnutrition‚ anemia and other diseases. Haiti has about 25 physicians and 11 nurses per 100‚000 population. (Wikipedia.org) This is a very sad situation for the citizens of Haiti because the incident of disease
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economies. However‚ as seen in the Caribbean‚ Europe and other world powers have abused the world trade systems‚ leaving these small nation-states vulnerable and dependent. One case in particular that abuses world trade relations is the banana import establishment. The dispute between the European Union (EU)‚ the United States and the Caribbean over the banana import regime shows that an agreement prescribed to help the small banana growers of the Caribbean nations were overridden by corporate
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mission trip to Haiti‚ where my eyes were truly opened to the world of poverty for the first time. I went into the trip anticipating it would affect my life‚ but I had no idea how much I would truly be changed. The most evident connection between Burundi or Africa and Haiti was the devastating poverty that overwhelmed the country. Deo described the way many people lived in poverty and couldn’t provide food for their families‚ which took me back to the memories of the Haitians I met on
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