I read with interest the article “Population Genetics of Vibrio cholerae from Nepal in 2010: Evidence on the Origin of the Haitian Outbreak” by Hendriksen et al. (1), which was published in the July-August 2011 issue of mBio. They used whole-genome sequence typing of Nepalese strains which were isolated in 2010 from different parts of the country and found that the Nepalese strains were almost ...

BACKGROUND Haiti's cholera epidemic has been devastating partly due to underlying weak infrastructure and limited clean water and sanitation. A comprehensive approach to cholera control is crucial, yet some have argued that oral cholera vaccination (OCV) might result in reduced hygiene practice among recipients. We evaluated the impact of an OCV campaign on knowledge and health practice in rura...

BACKGROUND Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has expanded in Haiti because of the adoption of Option B+ and the revision of treatment guidelines. Retention in care and treatment varies greatly and few studies have examined retention rates, particularly among women enrolled in Option B+. OBJECTIVE To assess attrition among pregnant and non-pregnant patients initiating ART following adopti...

1. Introduction Partners In Health (PIH) is an international, non-profit healthcare organization with operations in several countries on multiple continents. PIH focuses on providing healthcare treatment to people living in some of the poorest places in the world, and has been operating in Haiti since 1985. At that time, PIH established a small community clinic in the central Haiti village of C...

Address correspondence to Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 825 Fairfax Ave, Room 310, Norfolk, VA 23507-1912 USA. E-mail: [email protected] larming rates of maternal and infant mortality exist in the developing world, with no significant improvement over the past decade. Obstetric ultrasound ma...

In the Limbé River valley of northern Haiti a retrospective study at the Bon Samaritain Hospital (BSH) determined the total number of cases and the cyclical nature of malaria from 1975 through 1997, examined the relationship between rainfall and malaria from 1975 through 1985, and compared the incidence of malaria at that hospital with general trends for Haiti for 1975 through 1996 as reported ...

The 2021 August 14 MW 7.2 Nippes, Haiti earthquake occurred 75 km west of the epicenter 2010 Leogane (Haiti) on transpressive Caribbean - North America plate boundary. We present an updated fault map for Hispaniola and model coseismic early postseismic slip using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar pixel offsets. find ruptured multiple segments Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault Zone. Slip i...