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Haiti says it is working on an agreement with Kenya to secure a long-awaited police deployment

Women and children gather outside a police station after fleeing their homes in Cite Soleil due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) From Caribbean Life SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government…

 Resolving the Crisis in Haiti Rainbow/PUSH Embraces Montana Accord Process

On January 6, Rainbow/PUSH was pleased to commemorate Haitian Independence Day at its National Headquarters in recognition of the birth of the first Black Republic in the western hemisphere. January 1, 1804. Haiti was born after enslaved Africans defeated the…

Statement on Haiti at Special Meeting of the OAS on 17 November 2023

Statement by the President of the Permanent Council of the Organization  of American States, Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, at the conclusion of a Special Meeting of the Permanent Council on Haiti on 17 November 2023 As…

St. K&N: Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew joins Leaders in a High-Level Meeting of Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti with Caribbean Partners, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and other heads chairing the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti New York, NY, USA, September 21, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO)- Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew of St. Kitts and Nevis participated in a pivotal High-Level…

Haiti receives first shipment of cholera vaccines 

Port-au-Prince, December 12, 2022 (PAHO) –  With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Haiti today received around 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines as cases continue to rise in the country.  The vaccine (Evichol) was provided by the…

PAHO/WHO Connecting for Health

Connecting for Health Monthly Newsletter | No. 13 | November 2022 Cholera’s resurgence in Haiti a reminder of how quickly diseases spread, PAHO Director says The recent cholera outbreak in Haiti, a steady increase in monkeypox cases, ongoing COVID-19 infections and…

Haiti police to probe death of reporter during gathering

From Caribbean Life PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police said it has received orders to launch an investigation into the death of a journalist who witnesses say was struck in the head by a tear gas canister as officers…

Cholera outbreak in Haiti 2022 – PAHO Situation Report 2

DOWNLOAD(445.01 KB) Confirmed cholera cases continue to spread to new areas in the capital and around the greater Port-au-Prince area. In addition, 4 cholera cases have now also been confirmed in the Center Department. New cholera-related alerts are under investigation in the…

Cayman: Public Health Spotlight- 6 October 2022

he Public Health Department published its first monthly Public Health Spotlight on Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) since the announced changed on August 31, 2022. From the Desk of Sabrina Turner The Public Health Spotlight originated from the need to…