Health and well-being in Haiti

"Early lessons in global health from Haiti" is my post on KevinMD regarding health and progress in rebuilding Haiti. I offer here a few additional notes on Haiti.

Hispaniola includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Watch this clip of Nou Bouke an Emmy Award winning documentary offering a close up view of Haiti with Edwidge Danticat narrating. Her latest book, Create Dangerously is on my reading list. 

Nou Bouke: Two years later from The Miami Herald on Vimeo.

Nou Boke translates from Creole loosely into "I'm Tired" thanks to the translation in the documentary by Jacqueline Charles. This is a glimpse of the situation from the ground with voices and scenes from Haiti directed by Joe Cardona and photography director Jose Iglesias. The other clip is a about local schools raising funds to help rebuild Haitian school. The children raised $500K and classrooms are reopening.


A few tweets also offer updates on progress, health and well-being in Haiti: 

In this video, you can see our new 120-bed hospital being built in #Haiti, where access to healthcare is still lacking. bit.ly/xWfPFd

— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) January 20, 2012

Haiti Quake Efforts Were Hampered by Poor Information Sharing - bit.ly/zqvsxl

— PAHO/WHO (@pahowho) January 15, 2012

#Haiti2year Oxfam has reached +1.2M ppl w/water, sanitation, food & public health promotion: our 2 Yr Report oxf.am/oYU

— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) January 12, 2012

#Cholera is still affecting children in #Haiti. Read @thelancet ‘s article to find out more ow.ly/8qf8U#stopcholera

— UNICEF (@UNICEF) January 11, 2012

Learn more about the “Call to Eliminate Cholera in Hispaniola” from @CDCGlobal, @pahowho, & @UNICEF go.usa.gov/R9o

— CDC Global Health (@CDCGlobal) January 12, 2012