Tierney draws another comparison between Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti by describing the people who were most affected by the disasters. She claims that Katrina affected people who were least able to help themselves, such as the poor and the disabled, but many people were able to escape. Haiti, however, is one of the poorest nations in the world. The majority of the population lives in chronic poverty. Katrina affected the only the most vulnerable segments of the Gulf Coast population, but in Haiti the entire population is vulnerable.
Haiti is different from the Gulf Coast in that the island nation ranks very low in health, levels of education, and household income. Unlike the United States, the nation of Haiti had a great deal of difficulty providing even the most basic services for its people before the disaster. The political system of the United States is relatively stable, but…...
I. Executive summary
Santé Nou—is a Travel Care Voucher and affordable healthcare plan that offers family members in Haiti access to primary health care. This comprehensive marketing strategic plan should provide a roadmap for the pre-pilot phase with its customer-focused objectives. While many organizations have difficulty communicating and connecting with Haitian consumers both in Haiti and in the United States with Haitian Americans, experience and understanding for this specific target population allows for a thorough representation of what can be done to not only reach this target demographic, but also achieve specific goals.
Those specific goals involve regular primary care visits and ease of access to important emergency medical services to help prevent major medical issues, while also promoting healthy living. To deliver positive outcomes in health for Haitians is to provide the kind of service that can help change lives for the better. Although Santé Nou is not a Major Medical…...
Natural disasters are always surprising because each specific, affected area has diverse social, economic, and health circumstances. There are some parallels nevertheless concerning health effects of countless natural disasters. Distinguishing these connections will guarantee upcoming health and emergency medical assistance as well as restricted resources are well managed. A good example of a disaster that could assist with understanding possible health effects of these types of conditions was the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Here, first responders in hospitals, field Clinics as well as police and law enforcement personnel show what to do in order to develop an effective training program.After onset of a cholera epidemic in Haiti in mid-October 2010, a team of researchers from France and Haiti implemented field investigations and built a database of daily cases to facilitate identification of communes most affected. Several models were used to identify spatiotemporal clusters, assess relative risk associated with the epidemic's…...
mlaReferences
Mukandavire, Z., Smith, D., & Morris Jr., J. (2013). Cholera in Haiti: Reproductive numbers and vaccination coverage estimates. Scientific Reports, 3. doi:10.1038/srep00997
Piarroux, R. (2011). Understanding the Cholera Epidemic, Haiti. Emerg. Infect. Dis., 17(7), 1161-1168. doi:10.3201/eid1707.110059
Prevention, C. (2015). Cholera in Haiti - Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions - Travel Health Notices | Travelers' Health | CDC.Wwwnc.cdc.gov. Retrieved 30 April 2015, from http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/haiti-cholera
Health Plan for Haiti
Haiti has a population of approximately ten million people. According to the 2009 WHO statistics, the gross national income per capita was $1.220. The life expectancy at birth in terms of years for females and males is 64/61 respectively. In 1000 births (children under five years), 76 children have s probability of dying. In a population of 1000 people, 223 females and 258 males have a probability of dying when between the ages of 15 and 60 years. The 2011 statistics indicate that Haiti's total expenditure per capita was $94. Besides, the total expense on health as a GDP percentage was eight. With such statistics, solid and effective health plans should be put in place. This is a suggested health plan for the oral health of children below the age of twelve years.
Although oral health may seem as though it is not a serious health challenge as…...
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Babcock, C., Theodosis, C., Bills, C., Kim, J., Kinet, M., Turner, M., Millis, M., Olopade, C. (January 01, 2012). The academic health center in complex humanitarian emergencies: lessons learned from the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 87(11): 1609-15.
Estupin-a-n-Day, S., Lafontant, C., & Acun-a, M.C. (January 01, 2011). Integrating oral health into Haiti's National Health Plan: from disaster relief to sustainable development. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 30(5): 484-9.
Ivers, L.C., & Walton, D.A. (January 01, 2012). The "first" case of cholera in Haiti: lessons for global health. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86(1): 36-8.
Liu, A., Sullivan, S. Khan, M., Sachs, S. & Singh, P. (2011). Community Health Workers in Global Health: Scale and Scalability. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine, Vol. 78 (3): 419-435
poverty challenges in Haiti. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the Western hemisphere and the Caribbean Sea. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The nation's demographic statistics reveal the effect of extreme poverty. This condition has significantly reduced life expectancy to 49.2 years. This is highly contributed by high infant mortality rates due to poor health services and general high death rates. Despite the slow population growth rate and extreme poverty, Haiti is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with approximately 95% of the population made up of black people. Extreme poverty in Haiti and the challenges that this condition causes to the people are the main reasons for carrying out this study. The research explores the political, economic and social structures of Haiti in relation to the poverty level. It…...
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International Monetary Fund.2008. Haiti Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Washington D.C: IMF Publications.
Verner. D. 2007. Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti. Washington D.C: Recycled Paper.
International Monetary Fund. 2001. International Monetary Fund: Staff Country Reports. Washington D.C: IMF Publications.
Lundahil, M. 2013. The Political Economy of Disaster: Destitution Plunder and Earthquake in Haiti. New York: Routledge Publisher.
Poverty in Haiti -- Case Study
CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS
Poverty in Haiti
Key Problem: Haiti remains among the poorest in the world despite strong interventions.
a broad-spectrum approach under a proper leadership will address Haiti's multiple problems synergistically.
Haiti overcame French colonial control and slavery in a series of wars in the early 19th century to become the world's first black-led Republic and the first independent Caribbean State (C, 2012). Its largely mountainous terrain and tropical climate, location, history and culture made it a promising tourist spot. ut instability and violence since the 80s decimated this prospect. Decades of poverty, environmental degradation, continued instability and a dictatorship made it the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere today. Economic sanctions and U.S.-led military intervention compelled its restitution into a constitutional government in 1994, but electoral irregularities, extrajudicial killings, tortures and brutalities have kept it in disarray and misery. An interim government has taken over it and…...
mlaBIBLIOGRAPHY
BBC (2012). Haiti country profile. BBC News: British Broadcasting Corporation.
Retrieved on September 21, 2012 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/12022772.stm#leaders
Clinton Foundation (2012). Fish farms -- fighting poverty in Haiti's rural communities.
Clinton Foundation. Retrieved on September 21, 2012 from http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main.clinton-foundation.blog.html/2012/09/17/fish-farms-fighting-poverty-in-haiti 's-rural-communities
Jefferson and Haiti
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, marking the beginning of the American Revolution, and the establishment of a new nation: The United States of America. It may seem strange that the man who wrote so eloquently about the rights of man, and how each human being was invariably born free, could in fact be the owner of his fellow human beings, but it was true. Thomas Jefferson, while a true believer in the principles of the Enlightenment: liberty, self-determination, freedom, etc., his views on slavery were more pragmatic than idealistic. Jefferson may have been a man who personally felt that the institution of slavery should be ended, but he never took any real concrete steps toward that goal. And when the slaves on the French island of San Domingue rose up and gained their independence, Jefferson, fearing that this could become an inspiration to the…...
mlaWorks Cited
Gates, Henry Louis Jr., "The Curse on Haiti: it wasn't the devil that hurt Haiti; it was Thomas Jefferson." The Root. (2010) Web 26 Apr. 2011. Retrieved from http://www.theroot.com/views/curse-haiti
"St. Dominguez (Haiti)" The Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. Web 25 Apr. 2011. Retrieved from http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/st-domingue-haiti
As per the constitution of Haiti – promulgated in 1987 – the government of Haiti has an obligation to not only offer basic protections to the citizens of Haiti, but also maintain law and order. The country’s judiciary, which happens to be one of the three arms of government, is made up of the magistrate’s courts, civil courts, courts of appeal, and court of cassation. This text concerns itself with the criminal justice system of Haiti. In so doing, it not only highlights the historical development of Haiti’s criminal justice system, but also the county’s criminal law and how it relates to that of the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Discussion
A: Historical Development
The Haiti criminal justice system is largely founded in on the French criminal justice model. It is important to note that French Buccaneers set base in Turtle Island during the 16th and 17th century which they subsequently used as…...
producing in Haiti?
Despite Haiti's profound economic difficulties both before and after the earthquake, a number of recent initiatives have been undertaken to revitalize the Haitian economy from within, effectively 'playing to Haiti's strengths' as a producer. A good example of this is Haitian coffee production which was sold for $3.00 a pound in Japan before the earthquake. The country still has the resources to produce high-end coffee but more marketing is needed to promote the product abroad. As a point of comparison, "Haiti and Rwanda produce about the same volume of beans each year. But Rwanda has exported nearly 20% of its coffee in recent years as washed beans for gourmet markets, up from just 1% in 2002. Haiti sells 90% of its production as cheap, dry-processed beans that never leave the island of Hispaniola. The upshot is that in 2010, Rwanda made $55 million from coffee exports. Haiti…...
mlaWorks Cited
Glor, J. "Relief group fighting deadly spread of cholera in Haiti." CBS News. 28 Nov 2013.
1 Dec 2013.
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"Haiti assistance program." Red Cross. 1 Dec 2013.
The country has one of the biggest international debts in the world. Even more, the country is not able to pay this debt.
Given the economic and social conditions in Haiti, the workforce in the region is highly unskilled, making it even more difficult for a company or government to make successful investments here.
The natural disasters that often happen here must also be taken into consideration. Even if something is built here, there are significant chances to be destroyed in an earthquake like the recent one that shook the country, or by frequent tropical storms affecting the region.
Social risks are inherent given the circumstances. The majority of the population is living below the poverty line, there are frequent riots because of the high prices of food and lack of formal jobs.
The political situation can also be considered a risk (BBC, 2010).
Also, street riots and the country's involvement in drugs traffic…...
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history of the epublic of Haiti. Specifically it will focus on the economic factors that have led to wealth, poverty, corruption and conflict in Haiti. Haiti is located on the western side of Hispaniola; the eastern portion of the island is made up of the Dominican epublic. Columbus discovered the island in 1492, and it soon became a center for French pirates. The Spanish gave up control of what would become Haiti in the 1600s and gave it to the French. The French gave African slaves on the island their freedom during the French evolution, and eventually the slaves revolted against French rule and took control of the island in 1804. The first leader of the new country was a black general who fought against the French. General Jean Jacques Dessalines became the lifetime governor-general of the island. Unfortunately, he was uneducated, cruel, and conceited, and he proved to…...
mlaReferences
Buckman, Robert T. Latin America, 2008. (42nd ed.). Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post Publications.
Scott, B.J. (2004). Order in the Court: Judicial Stability and Democratic Success in Haiti. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 37(2), 555+.
The Truth about Haiti. (2004, March 8). New Statesman, 133, 6+.
Robert T. Buckman. Latin America, 2008. (42nd ed.). Harpers Ferry, WV: Stryker-Post Publications. 202-203.
Haitian Revolution / Independence Annotated Bibliography
Bhambra, G. K. (2016). Undoing the epistemic disavowal of the Haitian revolution: a contribution to global social thought. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 37(1), 1-16.
Bhambra (2016) looks at global historical interconnections with relation to the Haitian Revolution and asks what can be learned from this important historical event. The purpose of the article is to identify problems in sociological thought and how by ignoring the Haitian Revolution sociology studies tend to marginalize the black experience. The author refers to this marginalization as a cognitive injustice and that a decentralization of European self-understanding is needed to see the significance of the Haitian Revolution. The author calls for a connected sociologies approach and argues that in this way the revolution can be better seen in its appropriate context. The article is helpful for indicating how sameness of perspective over time can limit one’s understanding of different cultures.
Garrigus, J. D. (1996).…...
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Bhambra, G. K. (2016). Undoing the epistemic disavowal of the Haitian revolution: a contribution to global social thought. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 37(1), 1-16.Garrigus, J. D. (1996). Colour, class and identity on the eve of the Haitian revolution: Saint?Domingue's free coloured elite as colons américains. Slavery and Abolition, 17(1), 20-43.Garrigus, J. D. (2007). Opportunist or patriot? Julien Raimond (1744–1801) and the Haitian revolution. Slavery and Abolition, 28(1), 1-21.Joseph, C. L. (2012). ‘The Haitian Turn’: an appraisal of recent literary and historiographical works on the Haitian Revolution. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 5(6), 37-55.Knight, F. W. (2000). The Haitian Revolution. The American Historical Review, 105(1), 103-115.Lacerte, R. K. (1978). The Evolution of Land and labor in the Haitian Revolution, 1791-1820. The Americas, 449-459.Reinhardt, T. (2005). 200 Years of forgetting: Hushing up the Haitian revolution. Journal of Black Studies, 35(4), 246-261.Scott, R. J. (2011). Paper thin: Freedom and re-enslavement in the diaspora of the Haitian Revolution. Law and History Review, 29(4), 1061-1087.
S. military to stabilize the violent uprising by the 'opposition' thugs, many of whom were former members of the Duvalier-era military or members of the death squad known as the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, who were responsible for a multitude of human rights violations during the three years following the coup d'etat in 1991 (ater pp). Moreover, aters and others want to know why the Bush Administration refused to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the crisis, and forced Aristide, "who had agreed to a peace plan worked out by the international community, to resign and leave his country" (aters pp). Prior to Aristide's departure, Bush's only concern was to make sure that all Haitian refugees were turned back at sea before they could reach the U.S. (aters pp).
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Hallinan, Conn M. "Haiti: dangerous muddle." Foreign Policy in Focus. March 08
2004. Retrieved October 29, 2005 from HighBeam…...
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Hallinan, Conn M. "Haiti: dangerous muddle." Foreign Policy in Focus. March 08
2004. Retrieved October 29, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
Kidder, Tracy. "The trials of Haiti: why has the U.S. government abandoned a country it once sought to liberate?" The Nation. October 27, 2003. Retrieved October 29, 2005 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.
Rice, Jim. "Regime change in Haiti: the Bush doctrine strikes again." Sojourners.
The public opinion differences in support for the Haiti and Panama interventions were that the latter was viewed by the people (prompted by the media) simplistically, as a mission of good guys (the U.S.) fighting bad guys (Noriega); on Haiti, the public (again prompted by the mainstream media) was the reverse—intervention was unnecessary and was just a case of Clinton trying to get the spotlight off his own back. This paper will compare and contrast the way the government handled the two interventions and discuss the media’s role in the interventions and how a “rally ‘round the flag effect” occurred for the Panama intervention—but not for the Haiti intervention. In the Panama intervention under Bush, the media depicted the soldiers as effectively bringing Christmas and Santa Claus to the Panamanians (Milburn Panama Video 1, n.d.). The propaganda campaign made it appear as though Noriega was a ruthless dictator who was keeping…...
trudged down the steep airplane steps, I glanced at the flight attendants who were smiling farewell. I shielded my face from the scorching sunlight with my hat as I exited the plane, steeling myself for what lay ahead. The air outside was thick with oppressive heat. The physical journey had been arduous but I knew it was nothing compared to the emotional trials I would face in Haiti, where I was volunteering my time as a teacher at a local school.
As I rode on the bus to my destination, I could not help but take note of the differences between Haiti and my native New York. Haiti was still covered in debris from the 2010 earthquake. There were hardly any cars visible and the roads were unpaved. The streets were almost empty. It was so different from the hectic, technologically-driven pace to which I was accustomed.
Through the glass, I…...
I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement: Zora Neale Hurston was a pioneering literary figure whose works defied conventional representations of race, gender, and sexuality in the early 20th century.
B. Hurston's biographical background and literary context
II. Breaking Boundaries in Race and Gender
A. Challenging stereotypes in "Their Eyes Were Watching God": Janie Crawford's journey toward self-discovery and autonomy
B. Exploring the nuances of black womanhood in "The Gilded Six-Bits" and "Sweat": Depictions of love, violence, and resilience
III. Embracing the African Diaspora
A. Preserving cultural traditions in "Mules and Men" and "Tell My Horse": Folklore, music, and storytelling as expressions of black identity
B. Celebrating Haitian Vodou in....
Chapter 1: Ancient Civilizations
The Rise and Fall of the Sumerian City-States
The Indus Valley Civilization: Unraveling the Enigma
The Ancient Egyptian Civilization: Pyramids, Pharaonic Power, and Daily Life
The Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations: Maritime Masters of the Aegean
The Zhou Dynasty and the Birth of Chinese Civilization
Chapter 2: Classical Civilizations
The Athenian Golden Age: Democracy, Philosophy, and the Arts
The Roman Empire: Conquests, Governance, and the Pax Romana
The Mauryan Empire: From Chandragupta to Ashoka's Legacy
The Hellenistic World: A Syncretic Blend of Greek and Persian Cultures
The Han Dynasty: China's Ascendancy and Technological Innovations
Chapter 3: Medieval Civilizations
The....
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