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Haiti

Stories

Web of care

Dammed lake joins lives of world's poor, Harvard docs

Haiti clinic makes real gains

Long days at Boucan Carré mean better health for neighbors

Paul Farmer: One patient at a time

HMS professor is building a healthier world

Louise Ivers: A higher purpose

Assistant professor dedicates work to Haitian poor

Hospital brings hope to Haiti

Harvard faculty work through nonprofit to bring health to world's poor

Multimedia

Women's Health

Women's Health

Malnutrition

Malnutrition

Home Visit

Home Visit

Mother to Child

Mother to Child

My house

My house

Dr. Louise

Dr. Louise

New Hospital

New Hospital

3 years, 6 months

3 years, 6 months

Partnerships

Partnerships

Introduction

Living in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, most of Haiti's nine million people are subsistence farmers. Poverty and malnutrition are exacerbated by poor health care and a low vaccination rate.

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