The history of Haiti.
9780313340895 The history of Haiti. Coupeau, Steeve. Greenwood Press 2008 183 pages $45.00 Hardcover The Greenwood histories of modern nations F1921 From the era when Haiti was known as...

Pastor here to help Haiti; `... a country that's under extreme misery right now'.
Byline: Craig S. Semon LEICESTER - The Rev. Bazile Gumps came to the United States to spread awareness of the work he is doing and the work that needs to be done in his native Haiti. Rev. Gumps runs the nondenominational Evangelistic Church of the...

Reliability of a sugar consumption questionnaire for rural Haiti.
Resumen Proposito: Los estudios de caries dentales tienen que tomar en consideracion la ingesta de azucar como un posible confundidor o modificador del efecto de otras posibles asociaciones entre exposicion y las caries dentales. Este estudio evalua la confiabilidad de un indicador de ingesta de azucar para...

Inspired to promote health care in Haiti.
During a break from an exhausting day of her residency in Atlanta, Dr. Charmaine Lewis stepped into a downtown church near the hospital where she worked in search of some inspiration--and found a new focus. People at the church were passing out flyers to attract volunteers to help with...

Inside story.
News and images of the world food crisis have been hard to bear these last few months--skyrocketing food prices have provoked desperate rioting in many countries, including Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, and Pakistan. Millions of people are in trouble, and it's hard to know what to do. Yet...

Watch your step, lady! "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall." - Nelson Mandela.
Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA WHAT's what the sign says, "Dangerous and slippery when wet" which can unexpectedly destroy a government, and rattle the administration if the rice supply is not immediately stabilized and rising prices arrested. In the perpetually turbulent Caribbean island of Haiti, Parliament...

REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Raffle to benefit Miss. church SOUTHBORO - St. Mark's Episcopal Church will hold a raffle May 10 with proceeds to benefit a Gulfport, Miss. ,church that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and to help children in Haiti. Prizes include a...

Partnership for the Americas: dental hygienists and the dental team making a difference globally.
Sixteen registered dental hygienists working for the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) in USPHS Commissioned Corps feel they have "Strength in Diversity," the motto of the USPHS. They had the opportunity to serve aboard the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship, during its four-month deployment to Latin America...

Latin Americans: Dignity Denied to Region's Youth; In just 7 of 25 countries do most people say children are treated with respect.
Byline: Steve Crabtree Synopsis: Across 25 Latin American countries surveyed in 2006 and 2007, a median 41% of residents say children in their country are treated with dignity and respect. That's far below the median result for any other global region, including Africa, where the median figure...

Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas.
"EEH, IF YOU SEE MAMI WATA, NEVER YOU RUN AWAY..." (SIR VICTOR UWAIFO, GUITAR BOY, 1967) Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas" explores the visual cultures and histories of African and African Atlantic water deities and reveals the power and potency of...