Category Archives: Haitian News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has the highest rate of cholera in the world a mere year after the disease first arrived in the Caribbean nation, a leading health expert said Tuesday. Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the founders of the … Continue reading →

Haiti’s health ministry is preparing to test a cholera vaccine on a hundred people, a year after an epidemic killed over 6,500 people, officials said Wednesday.

One of Haiti’s most prominent health experts says the country’s cholera outbreak is now the worst in the world. Dr. Paul Farmer said cholera has sickened more than 450,000 people and killed more than 6,000. Farmer says it is on … Continue reading →

Haiti has the highest rate of cholera in the world a mere year after the disease first arrived in the Caribbean nation, a leading health expert said Tuesday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti is “open for business” after its parliament approved a new government’s ambitious plan to relaunch the economy after last year’s catastrophic earthquake, Haitian leaders said on Saturday.

Economist Mohammad Yunus was the consummate storyteller, a fount of ideas on how to change Haiti.

Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus is introducing a concept called “social business” to Haiti as it tries to rebuild after last year’s earthquake.

Back from exile, former strongman Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier lives in a villa in the hills above Haiti’s capital. His son serves as a consultant to the country’s new president, Michel Martelly, while others with links to Duvalier’s hated and … Continue reading →

Haiti’s new president met with former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier on Wednesday in an effort to reconcile the Caribbean country with its troubled past.

After being stricken with cancer, Patrice Millet dedicated his life to helping children in his native Haiti.