http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/332/ en_GB_uk Haiti http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83636 The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83198 The 35th anniversary celebration of a Haiti's largest and oldest peasant movement demonstrates the organization's ability to empower rural people and the vitality of grassroots democracy in this Caribbean nation, writes Nikhil Aziz. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82520 Addressing infants' and maternal nutrition needs during a child's first two years of life is much more effective, in terms of promoting children's physical and cognitive development, than treating children who are already moderately malnourished, says a study from an international food research institute. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81477 Dr. Jean "Bill" Pape, founder of the first Haitian clinic to investigate the Caribbean AIDS epidemic, is seeing infection rates drop thanks to pro-condom campaigns, increased HIV-screening, and safer blood banks. From: Heroes of HIV http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81231 Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/154768/1/ As natural disasters ravish the Caribbean and Central Africa, the United Nations has announced the launch of a new office that will use space technology to reduce and prevent disasters around the world. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80882 Haitian and global activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine has not been seen since August. Ben Terral of Haiti Action contrasts the Haiti of the US and its proxy army with the real Haiti of Lovinsky, the Lavalas movement and the masses of Haitian people. From: Pambazuka News http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80723 Roughly 10 percent of Haitian children live a life of forced slave labor because their families cannot afford to raise them. Listen as they explain in their own words the hardships they endure as they are sent away from their homes to serve under families in the city. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79956 On August 23, 1791 the slaves of Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) began their historic revolt, sparking the gradual process that resulted in the international elimination of slavery and the slave trade. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77350 Brazil and Canada have helped launch a new vaccine program in Haiti, hoping to drastically improve the country's child survival rate. Haiti's vaccination coverage has been rising since 2002, but it still ranks behind most of its neighbors and much of sub-Saharan Africa. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77280 As the UK commemorates the end of the slave trade, a new Haitian sculpture will be unveiled today in Liverpool's Merseyside Maritime Museum. It will tour the country, taking in London and Bristol, before returning to Liverpool where it will remain on permanent display in the new International Slavery Museum, which opens on 23 August. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/146165/1/ The shift in tactics by the United Nations stabilization mission and the Haitian government towards direct confrontation with armed gangs will only temporarily reduce insecurity, especially while dubious ties with gang leaders and supporters remain, ActionAid said today. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76506 Tuberculosis, malnutrition, and the devastation of wars in the Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, and the Congo are profoundly affecting millions of people yet remain almost invisible in the U.S. media, says Médecins Sans Frontières. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75946 Rape and other transgressions, unfortunately, appear to be looked upon as just another weapon in the arsenal of some of Haiti’s politicians by which they can crush opposition to them and whatever designs they may have on power. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75919 De toutes les villes d’Haïti, Port-au-Prince est le plus affecté par l’insalubrité puisque les immondices arrivent parfois à obstruer ses grandes artères, à embouteiller ses principales rues et à créer un environnement excessivement pollué et malsain pour ses 2 millions d’habitants.