Once upon a time, Haiti was a tourist destination. This is not unusual as most Carribean countries do have tourism to some extent. You can still see, throughout Haiti, facilities that used to be intended for tourist but are no more.
An article on the Partners in Health website recently caught my eye. For those not familiar, Partners in Health is a non profit organization that pioneered community based methods of treating HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in low resource settings with incredible success. The program started in Haiti and was expanded into Latin America and Africa.
Haiti is a tough place to be a kid. The infant mortality rate for 2005 (73.45 deaths/live births/per year) places it at 33rd highest out of 226 contenders. Though Haiti has made progress against HIV/AIDS, far too many young lives are lost to diarreah, respiratory infections, malaria and other conditions which can be prevented and treated.
