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Do not fill this in! ===Health=== {{Main|Health in Haiti}} {{As of|2012}}, 60% of children in Haiti under the age of 10 were [[Vaccine|vaccinated]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=20314561|title=Haiti to vaccinate 95 percent of children under 10 - KSL.com|access-date=21 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&Itemid=270&gid=4175&lang=en|title=Haiti β Pan American Health Organization}}</ref> compared to 93β95% in other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6341a1.htm|title=Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten β United States, 2013β14 School Year|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Recently there have been mass vaccination campaigns claiming to vaccinate as many as 91% of a target population against specific diseases (measles and rubella in this case).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/haitian_children.html|title=CDC Global Health β Stories β 5 things CDC has done to help rebuild Haiti's immunization system since the 2010 earthquake|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Most people have no transportation or access to [[List of hospitals in Haiti|Haitian hospitals]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-14/haiti-survivors-face-outbreaks-of-diarrhea-measles-malaria.html |title=Haiti Survivors Face Outbreaks of Diarrhea |journal=BusinessWeek |date=14 January 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[World Health Organization]] cites [[diarrhea]]l diseases, [[HIV/AIDS]], [[meningitis]], and respiratory infections as common causes of death in Haiti.<ref>{{cite news |first=Madison |last=Park |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/13/haiti.earthquake.medical.risks/ |title=Haiti earthquake could trigger possible medical 'perfect storm |publisher=cnn.com |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Ninety percent of Haiti's children suffer from [[waterborne disease]]s and [[intestinal parasite]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2008/11/environment-haiti-cant-face-more-defeats/ |title=Haiti Can't Face More Defeats |last=Leahy |first= Stephen |publisher=Ipsnews.net |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> HIV infection is found in 1.71% of Haiti's population (est. 2015).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/|title=The World Factbook: HAITI. Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, 12 Jan. 2017. Web. 20 Feb. 2017. β Central Intelligence Agency|website=cia.gov|date=22 September 2021}}</ref> The incidence of [[tuberculosis]] (TB) in Haiti is more than ten times as high as in the rest of Latin America.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Approximately 30,000 Haitians fall ill with [[malaria]] each year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,562682,00.html |title=Haiti and Dominican Republic Look to Eradicate Malaria |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=8 October 2009 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118082049/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,562682,00.html |archive-date=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Roughly 75% of Haitian households lack running water. Unsafe water, along with inadequate housing and unsanitary living conditions, contributes to the high incidence of infectious diseases. There is a chronic shortage of health care personnel and hospitals lack resources, a situation that became readily apparent after the January 2010 earthquake.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA528274 |title=The Geology of Haiti: An Annotated Bibliography of Haiti's Geology, Geography and Earth Science |author1=Robert Lee Hadden |author2=Steven G. Minson |page=10 |year=2010 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111034200/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a528274.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[infant mortality rate]] in Haiti in 2019 was 48.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared to 5.6 per 1,000 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) β Haiti, United States {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN?locations=HT-US|access-date=26 April 2021|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> After the 2010 earthquake, [[Partners In Health]] founded the [[HΓ΄pital Universitaire de Mirebalais]], the largest [[Solar power|solar-powered]] hospital in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pih.org/blog/solar-powered-hospital-in-haiti-yields-sustainable-savings|title=Solar-Powered Hospital in Haiti Yields Sustainable Savings|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210114940/http://www.pih.org/blog/solar-powered-hospital-in-haiti-yields-sustainable-savings|archive-date=10 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering.com/ElectronicsDesign/ElectronicsDesignArticles/ArticleID/5883/Solar-Powered-Hospital.aspx |title=Solar Powered Hospital |editor=Lombardo, Tom |publisher=Engineering.com |date=23 June 2013 |access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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