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Cholera in Haiti - A LOT More People Died from Cholera than Official Count, Read This...

Haiti Cholera Update -- A new study suggests a lot more Haitians died from the Cholera outbreak than previously anticipated... The official death toll is set at 9,200 but it is WAY MORE than that... more »

Haiti Health - CHOLERA is Still Killing an Average of 37 People a Month in the Country

Haiti Health Update -- This is sad to say but CHOLERA is still killing people in Haiti every day... Cholera is killing an average of 37 people a month in Haiti, According to The Associated Press said. more »

Haiti Health - ZIKA Virus is spreading in rapidly in the country, Pregnant Women Beware

Aedes aegypti - Chikungunya spreading mosquito Haiti Health - The ZIKA Virus is spreading in rapidly in the country, It is so alarming that the ministry of public health has gone on radio to alert the population. more »

Haiti - Doctors at Hospital General Leave a Journalist to Die because they're on Stike

PHOTO: Haiti - Jefferson Michel Casseus The Haitian media is pissed off after one of their own was left to die on the floor at Hospital General... Doctors were on strike and they wouldn't touch him... more »

Haiti - Health : 1 Soda Per Day Increases Your Risk of Diabetes even if you are skinny

Many Haitians drink soda like water almost everyday, in Haiti and in the Diaspora, but did you know??? Drinking soda everyday increases your risk of type 2 diabetes even you are a skiny and normal-weight person... more »

Haiti Health - Did you know Eating Mango Everyday is Good for you?

PHOTO: Fresh Mangoes from Haiti - Mango Janmari It's Mango season in Haiti and I eat mango every single day... Why? Mango is good for you... Mango helps fight cancer, it regulates diabetes, helps you with digestion and weight loss, it cleanses your skin... My family, friends and neighbors in Haiti, I don't think they know about this, they just eat mango because it's cheap and plentiful this time of year... LOL... more »

Haiti Health - My simple medical problem got complicated due to lack of medicine

Haiti Medical Alert Recently, I had a simple health problem in my hometown in Haiti that only required an over-the-counter medicine to take care of it. Unfortunately for me, my private stock ran out... I went to every darn pharmacy in town and none of them carried that type of medicine. So my condition got worse... I had to leave the country to get help... more »

Haiti Ebola Scare - There is no Ebola in Haiti but Rumors of a FIRST case are Spreading

Haitian Ebola Scare In Haiti rumors are spreading fast tat there is a FIRST case of EBOLA in the country... Despite the fact that the Ministry of Public Health denied these rumors, it continues to spread in the streets and also in the Haitian social networks, creating panic among the population... more »

Haiti Sante - Chikungunya anvayi prison Ti-Goave la, anpil prizonye malad!

Aedes aegypti - Chikungunya spreading mosquito Mezanmi... se pa de nan prizonye ki nan prizon Ti-Goave la gen Chikungunya... Marengwen rantre nan prizon an, se sa yo bliye yo pa fè. Komisè Leogane lan, Jean-Alex Pierre-Louis, fè konnen ke 23 pousan prizonye ki andedan prizon ti-Goave la ap soufri ak maladi Chikungunya.... more »

Haiti Govt and Harvard Medical School working on a Network of Community Pharmacies across the Country

The Haitian Government and Havard Medical School have signed a agreement to work on a concept to setup a national network of community pharmacies, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Thursday in a meeting with the Haitian Diaspora in Boston. Partners in Health posted on their blog that the Haitian government has been working to introduce or improve community pharmacies in the remote parts of Haiti... more »