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Timely initiation of HIV antiretroviral therapy in Haiti 2004–2018: a retrospective cohort study

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To describe trends in timing of ART initiation for newly diagnosed people living with HIV before and after Haiti adopted its Test and Start policy for universal HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) in July 2016, and to explore predictors of timely
Nancy Puttkammer, Canada Parrish, Yrvel Desir, Nathaelf Hyppolite, Nadjy Joseph, Lara Hall, Jean Guy Honoré, Ermane Robin, Georges Perrin, Kesner François   +9 more
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Did the Cholera epidemic in Haiti really start in the Artibonite Department?

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
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Rafael Llanes, Lorenzo Somarriba, Placido Pedroso, Emiliano Mariscal, Carlos Fuster, Yamila Zayas   +5 more
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Sounds of Haiti [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010
There is always humming from somewhere. It is usually low and musical as patients try to distract themselves from phantom limb pain that is not at all phantom. It is 13 days after the earthquake. I am coordinating a 12-member team at St. Marc’s hospital, a government facility on the west coast of Haiti.
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Antibiotics in a Haitian neonatal intensive care unit: findings from a Plan-Do-Study-Act quality-improvement project

The Lancet Global Health, 2019
Background: In the critical care setting, delay in the administration of antibiotics has been associated with as much as a three-fold rise in mortality.
Jack Long, MD, Delight Wing, MD, Rose Pascale Paul, RN   +2 more
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A first approach to earthquake damage estimation in Haiti: advices to minimize the seismic risk

, 2016
This study is in the frame of the cooperative line that several Spanish Universities and other foreign partners started with the Haitian government in 2010. According to our studies (Benito et al.
Martínez Cuevas, Sandra, Benito, Belén, Martínez-Cuevas, S., Torres, Y., Molina Sergio, Sergio, Martínez Díaz, José Jesús, Torres, Yadir, Martínez-Díaz, J. J., Molina, S., Belizaire, D., Galiana Merino, Juan José, Benito, B., Navarro, M., Galiana-Merino, J.   +13 more
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Suspicion diagnostic of Hirschsprung's disease in an adult intraoperatively: A case report

Trauma Case Reports
Background: Hirschsprung disease, a developmental disorder affecting the neuronal ganglion cells in distal colon, is the leading cause of intestinal obstruction in newborns, predominantly males, although the diagnosis can be made lately in rare cases. We
Thaimye Joseph, Axler Jean Paul, Abigaël Francis, Olnick Joseph   +3 more
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Investigations of socioeconomic factors associated with follow-up compliance with malaria treatment in Haiti

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To identify factors affecting compliance with follow-up during treatment in confirmed malaria patients at two health centers in Haiti. Methods.
Tamar E. Carter, Alexandre Existe, Madsen Beau de Rochars, Bernard A. Okech   +3 more
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Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004

, 2007
After Hurricane Jeanne in September 2004, surveillance for mosquitoborne diseases in Gonaïves, Haiti, identified 3 patients with malaria, 2 with acute dengue infections, and 2 with acute West Nile virus infections among 116 febrile patients.
Dobbins, James Goodman, Brown, Mathew, Colindres, Rom, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Gary G. Clark, Jain, Seema, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Gerald Lerebours, James Goodman Dobbins, Schürch, Julia, Lerebours, Gerald, Mathew Brown, Seema Jain, Bernard, Yves-Marie, Julia Schürch, Yves-Marie Bernard, Clark, Gary G, Rom Colindres, Long, Earl, Mark E. Beatty, Earl Long, Beatty, Mark E   +21 more
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Representations of Haiti in Western News Media: Coverage of the January 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

, 2012
On January 12, 2010, the Caribbean nation of Haiti suffered from one of the most devastating earthquake in recent history. The purpose of this study is to explore representations of Haiti in Western news media coverage of the disaster.
Brown, Hillary L
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
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