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Global Health

By Lisa Nikolau5 June 2017

3D printer technology project makes prosthetic limbs for amputees in Haiti

One of the biggest 3D printing technology projects in the developing world is for making prosthetic limbs in Haiti, where amputees often face debilitating poverty and social exclusion. About 80 percent of the world’s estimated 33 million people with limb loss live in poor countries and are often without access to prosthetics.

Global Health

By Lisa Nikolau23 May 2017

‘Ignored’ hunger crisis unfolds in post-hurricane Haiti

Health experts say the international community has turned a blind eye to widespread food insecurity in Haiti, where communities across nearly every region of the island are approaching risk of famine.

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau14 April 2017

U.N. to end its 13-year peacekeeping mission in Haiti

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to end its 13-year-long peacekeeping mission in Haiti, replacing it with a new mission focused on justice, human rights and police development.

Environment

By Lisa Nikolau5 April 2017

Civil society groups demand oversight of metal mining in Haiti

The Haitian government is eager to tap into the country’s abundant reserves of precious metals, but civil society organizations say that without adequate oversight, mining operations might do more harm than good.

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau16 January 2017

Aid groups fight to feed post-hurricane Haiti amid hunger crisis

More than three months after Hurricane Matthew, Haiti is suffering one of the worst hunger crises in its recent history, with aid groups striving to restore food security for almost 1 million people.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau12 January 2017

A conversation about Haiti and a new era of aid and development

Today marks seven years since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, leaving more than 100,000 Haitians dead and 1.5 million homeless. In the aftermath, the international community and private donors responded by pouring billions of dollars into a relief and reconstruction effort largely led by private nongovernmental organizations.

Global Health

By Tom Murphy2 December 2016

Ban Ki-moon apologizes to Haiti for cholera outbreak, doesn’t admit fault

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took another step in recognizing the failures of the U.N. during the cholera outbreak in Haiti. He apologized in remarks delivered in Creole, English and French for not doing enough, but did mention the U.N.’s role in causing the outbreak.

World Politics

By Lisa Nikolau30 November 2016

Many challenges ahead for Haiti’s new president

Haiti’s newly elected president, Jovenel Moïse, faces enormous challenges in rebuilding a broken and deeply divided country, beginning with a legal challenge to the election results by his opponents.

Global Health

By Lisa Nikolau9 November 2016

One month after hurricane, aid groups target Haiti’s women and children

One month after Hurricane Matthew roared through Haiti and destroyed the homes and livelihoods of some 1.4 million people, U.N. agencies and other responders are striving to provide adequate care for women and children.

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