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For those who haven’t read it already, we would like to call our visitors’ attention to a lovely op-ed written by Laurent Dubois and Deborah Jensen that was published by the New York Times in January. Titled “Haiti Can Be Rich Again,” the op-ed is a high level historical overview of Haiti’s “counter-plantation” system and discusses the value of small farms and agricultural self-reliance.

The op-ed may be found at the following url: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/opinion/haiti-can-be-rich-again.html

If the article leaves you wanting more, we highly recommend Haiti: The Aftershocks of History by Laurent Dubois for additional study.

Dr. Paul Farmer and Partners in Health are raising an alarm concerning a likely surge in Haiti’s recent cholera epidemic during Haiti’s rainy season, which begins in April. Children are among those most likely to die if sickened by waterborne cholera bacteria. As of February 2012 Haiti’s cholera epidemic has killed 7,000 people and left half-a-million other people ill. In 2011, according to PIH, cholera cases nearly tripled during the rainy season. PIH does not believe this scenario must necessarily happen again.

With clean water and modern sewage treatment systems currently unavailable in areas with the most vulnerable people, PIH argues that by supporting immunization programs under the Haitian Ministry of Health and immediately rolling out an oral vaccine we can save lives and mitigate suffering.

Visit PIH’s website for details:  http://www.pih.org/news/entry/spring-rains-will-flood-haiti-with-cholera/