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Immunization Schedule

The consensus is that no harm would be caused to the kids by overlapping the same Immunization or immunizations. It is very commonplace to “catch a child up ” and the CDC has a designated schedule for children with unknown or incomplete records. Routine Haiti Immunization Schedule BCG Baccile Calmette Guerin vaccine (for TB) at […]

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Haiti: Portrait of an Uprising – Political Aftershocks Continue Rocking the Country Five Years After the Earthquake

  Port-au-Prince’s hilltop slum of Fort National offers a perfect example of the irony, agony, and struggle that grip Haiti today. Its rocky moonscape is littered with piles of dirt, debris, and garb… Every week, another delegation of officials from North America or Europe arrives to bring their support to the embattled Martelly regime. At

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Georgianne Nienaber: New Haiti Cholera Warning, Vaccine Questions, and “Squatters” Vulnerable

Georgianne Nienaber: New Haiti Cholera Warning, Vaccine Questions, and “Squatters” Vulnerable: “ While all eyes were on Sarah Palin’s visit to Haiti this weekend, Dr. Jocelyne Pierre Louis, Director of Haiti’s Department of Public Health and Population (MSPP) predicted a new outbreak of the cholera epidemic, particularly in Port-au-Prince and the Metropolitan Region due to

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Haiti’s deadly cholera strain came from South Asia, say researchers

Cholera strain tied to South Asia HMS researchers aid effort to trace the origin of the outbreak   A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the biotechnology company Pacific Biosciences, with colleagues from Haiti, has determined that the strain of cholera erupting in Haiti matches bacterial

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Haiti erupts in riots as supporters of Michel Martelly protest

Haiti erupts in riots as supporters of Michel Martelly protest: Outbreak of gunfire in Port-au-Prince follows disputed election results that push presidential candidate Martelly into third place. Gunfire in the centre of Port-au-Prince has left at least one person dead as violent disputes over the conduct of the presidential election continue to grip Haiti. Election officials

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