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Continuity of care during severe civil unrest with a model of community-based HIV care: a retrospective cohort study from HaitiResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
Summary: Background: There are limited data on the effectiveness of differentiated service delivery (DSD) for HIV care during sociopolitical turmoil.
Patrice Joseph, Rochelle Sun, Colette Guiteau, Marc Antoine Jean Juste, Nancy Dorvil, Stalz Vilbrun, Rode Secours, Karine Severe, Parnel Raymond, Fernande Cetoute, Wilnide Jean Baptiste, Guyrlaine Forestal, Stanley Cadet, Adias Marcelin, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Margaret L. McNairy, Akanksha Dua, Hoi Ching Cheung, Jean William Pape, Serena P. Koenig   +19 more
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Evaluating clinical outcomes of routinely delivered task-shared care for depression in rural Haiti

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2021
Background There is a growing literature in support of the effectiveness of task-shared mental health interventions in resource-limited settings globally.
Alexandra L. Rose, Ryan McBain, Jesse Wilson, Sarah F. Coleman, Emmanuel Mathieu, J. Reginald Fils-Aimé, Emmeline Affricot, Tatiana Thérosmé, Wilder Dubuisson, Eddy Eustache, Stephanie L. Smith, Giuseppe Raviola   +11 more
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Medicine Infected by Politics: The American Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 [PDF]

, 2019
This article discusses the impact that politics and social beliefs have on the humanitarian goals of medicine, using the American occupation of Haiti (1915-1934) as a backdrop.
Scherr, Cooper
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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It Takes an Instigator, Vision and Passion, Promoting Health In Haiti: Developing a Partnership Between an Impoverished Nation and an NGO to Develop Advanced Practice Nursing Education, A Case Study [PDF]

, 2017
Four nurse educators went to Haiti after the 2012 earthquake to help rebuild the School of Nursing in Port-au-Prince. They were alarmed by the low level of health care in Haiti.
Roye, Carol, EdD, RN, Sonenberg, Andrea, PhD, WHNP, CNM-BC   +1 more
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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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Extreme Gigantomastia Caused by Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia at Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais: A Case Report

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Summary:. Gigantomastia is a rare pathologic condition characterized by an excessive and abnormal breast development. To date, there is no universally accepted definition or classification of this disease. The purpose of this article is to present a case
Willy F. Jean-Louis, MD, Alexis Bowder, MD, Claude R. Dupont, MD, Ruth Delva, MD, McLee Jean-Louis, MD, Roger C. Mixter, MD, Frederick J. Duffy, MD   +6 more
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Haiti Earthquake January 2010: What Actions and Policies Can the Government of Haiti Implement to Improve Emergency Management Response [PDF]

, 2011
In 2010, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake that destroyed much of its capital city and the governmental offices that should have guided the response to the disaster.
Cohen, Steve
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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Why didn't scientists predict the earthquakes? [PDF]

, 2010
The earthquakes that caused devastation in Haiti on 12 January 2010 and in Chile on 27 February 2010 have reminded us once more of the tremendous destructive power of nature.
Kerridge, David
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