Haiti and the HÔpital Albert Schweitzer

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Abroad1 June 1983Haiti and the HÔpital Albert SchweitzerMICHELE BARRY, M.D., SALLY K. STANSFIELD, M.D., FRANK J. BIA, M.D., M.P.H.MICHELE BARRY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SALLY K. STANSFIELD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANK J. BIA, M.D., M.P.H.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-98-6-1018 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHaiti, occupying the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Figure 1), has recently attracted the attention of the U. S. health community as the source of a large influx of refugees into the United States. These refugees are leaving a country where the life expectancy in 1978 was 47.5 years and infant mortality was 150 per thousand live births (1). Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere, with a per capita income of $304 in 1980 (2). Eighty-five percent of the rural population is believed to live below the absolute poverty level (3). This...References1. BERGGRENEWBANKBERGGREN WDG. Reduction of mortality in rural Haiti through a primary health care program. N Engl J Med. 1981;304:1324-30. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. In Haiti, desperation is a way of life. U.S. News and World Report. 1981; November 30:39. Google Scholar3. Foreign economic trends and their implications for the United States. Haiti. Washington, D.C.: US Department of Commerce, 1982. International Trade Association FET82-021. Google Scholar4. PARSONS R. History of Haitian medicine. Ann Med Hist. 1929;43:291-324. Google Scholar5. LUNDAHL M. Peasants and Poverty: A Study of Haiti. London: Croom Helm; 1979. Google Scholar6. . Mission of technical assistance to the Republic of Haiti. United Nations: Lake Success, New York; 1949: 70, 72. Google Scholar7. MOORE O: Haiti: Its Stagnant Society and Shackled Economy; A Survey. Exposition Press: New York; 1972; 189. Google Scholar8. BORDESCOUTURE AA. For the People, fora Change: Bringing Health to the Families of Haiti. Boston: Beacon Press; 1978:39. Google Scholar9. WEILBLACKBLUTSTEINJOHNSTONMCMORRISMUNSON TJHKDF. Area Handbook for Haiti. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office: 1973; 49-53. Google Scholar10. BERRY P. Literacy and the question of Creole. Conference on Research and Resources of Haiti. New York: Teachers College Press; 1975:83. Google Scholar11. HALL R. Haitian Creole: Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: American Anthropological Association; 1953: No. 74. Google Scholar12. MICHELMORE P. Dr. Mellon of Haiti. New York: Dodd Mead and Co. ; 1964. Google Scholar13. VIEIRAFRANKSPIRALANDESMAN JETS. Acquired immune deficiency in Haitians: opportunistic infections in previously healthy Haitian immigrants. N Engl J Med. 1983;308:125-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. PITCHENIKFISCHLDICKINSON AMG. Opportunistic infections and Kaposi's sarcoma among Haitians: evidence of a new acquired immunodeficiency state. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:277-84. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByHistorical overview of global infectious diseases and geopoliticsBrief Communication: Outcomes of Subsequent Pregnancy after Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Series from HaitiJames D. Fett, MD, Len G. Christie, MD, and Joseph G. Murphy, MDThe social classification of AIDS in American epidemiologyOptimization of task allocation for community health workers in HaitiH�pital Albert Schweitzer and the Republic of HaitiDepartments of medicine and international healthCase 9-1986Medical Rotations in Third World SettingsMalnutrition or AIDS in Haiti?Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeHaiti and the aids connection 1 June 1983Volume 98, Issue 6Page: 1018-1020KeywordsBirthComputed axial tomographyInfantsLife expectancyMortalityPrevention, policy, and public health Issue Published: 1 June 1983 PDF DownloadLoading ...