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5 stories tagged ‘Haiti’
"13 October 2003." Saintyl Louistess remembered the exact date she found out she had AIDS. She had been suffering headaches and losing weight while living in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and returned to her parents' home in the remote country around Boucan Carré, a small community alongside a river of the same name that runs through Haiti's impoverished Central Plateau.
Louise Ivers: A higher purpose
It was January 2008 and the baby - the youngest of four children - had been brought into the clinic Ivers heads at Boucan Carré, Haiti, after a period of vomiting and not eating well. He was skinny and malnourished, just the latest suffering child Ivers had seen on death's doorstep, in the clinic.
A serious lack of healthcare infrastructure and an absence of reliable transportation leave Haitian women with few places to safely give birth.
Haiti: Dr. Louise, a higher purpose
An assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and infectious disease specialist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital, Louise Ivers works through the nonprofit organization Partners In Health.
Currently in Haiti, malnutrition is the most serious threat to pediatric health.
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