Information About Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Martelly sought to rally prominent political figures behind him on Wednesday, meeting with two former presidents in an effort to encourage reconciliation among past rivals.

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

A Haitian official says President Michel Martelly plans to meet in private with former leaders in an effort to reconcile the country with its troubled past.

The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday.

In the village of Camp Louise, Haiti, Cameron Coughlin divvied out medications from the sparse pharmacy of a medical clinic and cleaned a wound caused by anthrax on a child.

In the village of Camp Louise, Haiti, Cameron Coughlin divvied up medications from the sparse pharmacy of a medical clinic and cleaned a wound caused by anthrax on a child.

The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreign aid group said Monday.