Unjust embargo of aid for Haiti

Human Carrying Capacity and Human Health

“…The causes for this decline in life expectancy are multiple and complex. Causes that are usually listed include HIV/AIDS (Zimbabwe and Haiti) [8,9], ethnic hatred (Rwanda) [10], crop failure (North Korea) [11], poor governance and poverty (several parts of Africa) [12], and alcoholism (Russia) [13].…”

Mother Courage and the Future of War

“…Medical practitioners like myself and other members of the global health community can document the myriad ways "in which complex political emergencies are undermining health service provision and threatening human rights" and can "learn lessons from previous conflicts to help guide our response to current and future ones" (Zwi 2004: 033). This is, in fact, what my colleagues and I have tried to do with regard to the violence, political and structural, that has recently plagued the poor majority of Haiti (Farmer 2004a;Farmer and Smith Fawzi 2002;Farmer, Smith Fawzi, and Nevil 2003). Others have called on health care professionals to take an even more active role in critiquing policies and actions of governments that undermine the foundations of medicine and public health by disregarding human rights and that promote war and violence, resulting in massive casualties and suffering (Wilks 2006;Yamada et al 2006).…”

“…8. For a more detailed history of these events, see Farmer (2004aFarmer ( , 2004b, Farmer and Smith Fawzi (2002), Farmer, Smith Fawzi, and Nevil (2003), and Kidder (2003). 9.…”

Political Violence and Public Health in Haiti

“…5 The funding cuts and diversion to the opposition precluded efforts to rebuild schools, health care infrastructure, ports, roads, and airports. Haiti, the oldest neighbor of the United States, is far and away the Western world's most impoverished nation.…”