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A listing of websites that provide information and links to
resources relating to health in Haiti.
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Herbs and Energies (http://www.vodou.org/of_herbs1.htm)
A succinct view of Vodoun healing.
Hashaiti (http://www.hashaiti.org/)
Informational site about the hospital located
in Deschapelles, Haiti. See also Reverance for Life below
Ingenta.com (http://www.ingenta.com)
Provides free searching and citations, with abstracts (often free) from scientific and academic journals, reports, and periodicals. Offers search interface for MEDLINE, UnCover, and online articles found in "Ingenta journals." Most articles are available in full text to registered users, via fee-based document delivery options.
MEDLINEplus: African American Health (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html)
Information from the United States National Institutes of Health. Includes the following subjects: nutrition, prevention/screening, research, specific conditions/aspects, treatment.
Pan American Health
Organization Country Health Profiles: Haiti (http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ais/cp_332.htm)
Provides
a summary view of the Health situation and trends in Haiti. Also provides
access to the PAHO
Basic Health Indicator Data Base. In English and in Spanish, some pages
in French.
Radio Metropole - Nouvelles Actualite Politique Economie en Haiti (http://www.metropolehaiti.com/cgi-php/liste%5Fsant%5Ffr.phtml)
Radio Metropole - Nouvelles Actualite Politique
Economie en Haiti SANTÉ. Health information from Haiti. In French.
Reverence for Life:
Hospital Albert Schweitzer and the People of Haiti (http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/has/has.html)
A webcast held at the Library of Congress in 2002 focusing on the history and
activities of this Haitian hospital.
Welcome to Dwa
Fanm (http://www.dwafanm.org/)
Welcome to Dwa Fanm is a site devoted to the rights
of Haitian women and girls and the eradication of discrimination against them.
Created by eight Haitian and American women, Dwa Fanm is a women's advocacy organization
concerned with women's rights in Haiti and in Haitian immigrant communities in
the United States.
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