Mirta Roses, director, Pan American Health Organization, interview with the Harvard College Global Health Review (HCGHR).
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Dire problems
As the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS (JABCHA) fine-tunes plans to set up a national foundation for HIV/AIDS, its executive director, Earl Moore, has warned that the country’s business sector is in for big trouble if companies continue to undermine initiatives to tackle the infection.
via Jamaica Gleaner News – Dire problems – Business – Monday | December 6, 2010.
Cholera Kills More Than 2,000 in Haiti
Health officials in Haiti say the death toll from the country’s cholera epidemic has risen to more than 2,000.
via VOA | Cholera Kills More Than 2,000 in Haiti | News | English.
PANCAP and the HIV/AIDS challenge in the Caribbean
Discrimination, including the flouting of the most basic widespread human rights, is still widespread for those living with HIV/AIDS.
And while we have seen real progress across the board, five more people still contract the virus for every two who start treatment.
Despite the tremendous efforts of PANCAP, the Caribbean has not been spared.
Indeed, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, the region faces the greatest HIV/AIDS challenge.
via PANCAP and the HIV/AIDS challenge in the Caribbean – Stabroek News – Guyana.
Cholera in rural Haiti overwhelms clinics
A gray-haired woman, her eyes sunken and unfocused from dehydration, stumbles up a dirt path slumped on the shoulder of a young man, heading to a rural clinic so overcrowded that plastic tarps have been strung up outside to shade dozens who can’t fit inside.
via Cholera in rural Haiti overwhelms clinics – The China Post.
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