The Major Cause Of Poor Sanitation In Haiti

CNN reported that in April 2008, 123 lives were lost due to starvation. Another perplexing fact about Haiti is that it was one of the most popular tourist destination however due to the corruption and violence in the nation, the tourism percentile decreased at a decreasing rate. According to World Bank, Haiti economy declined from 946000 to 29500 in just the year of 2013-14. There are several others reasons that contribute the decline of Haiti’ economy. For instance, the climate does not support the agricultural growth or provide natural resources. There are dramatic climate changes in the nation consequently making the food supply lesser and demand bigger. According to the World Bank “Food prices globally have climbed 83% in the past 36 months and are expected to stay high through 2015,” (Steve Hamm, John Carey 483: 26). This quote could be justifying the future of not only Haiti but also developed countries. As the demand is increasing, and the supply decreasing, the price will increase. There are several ways to resolve the problems encountered in Haiti. By far, the biggest issue in Haiti is the government. The government is filled with corruption. Haiti has always suffered the consequences of the decisions made by the government. The problems might take time to resolute however the problems are very clear and can be solved if the right steps are taken.

Haiti is a prime example of how human needs in one area of the world are interdependent with social conditions elsewhere in the world. Haiti, for most of its history has been overwhelmed with economic

Illness and disease along with poverty still plague Haiti today. The effort to try and recover from the most recent earthquake tragedy has Haitians concerned. The conditions that they have endured in the past just to survive are worse than the conditions brought on by the earthquake. Some Haitian natives feel the Government is moving a bit slow in cleaning up and getting

Haiti is one of the regions with the highest HIV infection rate, especially in Caribbean. About 3% of adults are infected. The reason for that are poverty, sexual partners, gender, and almost non-existing health care.

The people of Haiti are also extremely poor. They are one on the poorest countries

Out of all nations that publish water sanitation statistics, Haiti is the only country in which there are more individuals today without clean water than there were over twenty years ago (Gelting, Bliss, Patrick, Lockhart, & Handzel, 2013, p. 665). This is largely due to the water crisis occurring in Haiti over the last century. Haiti’s struggles can be derived from the nation’s inability to withstand and recover from natural disasters, economic instability, societal wealth discrepancy, and a cholera outbreak. These differing facets can all be analyzed through the natural, social, and political perspectives in order to demonstrate the severity of the Haitian water crisis, the failure of current attempts at resolution, and the need for further

Compounding this lack of care, Haitians also lack clean drinking water and proper sanitation systems. Less than half the population has access to clean drinking water, a rate that is only surpassed by civil war-torn African nations. Even worse, half the population of Haiti can be categorized as “food insecure,” and this malnutrition has created a generation where half of all Haitian children are undersized (IFRC, 2010). In addition, this poor sanitation and hygiene, coupled with inadequate nutrition, have contributed to exceptionally high levels of individuals with chronic, yet often at best ill-treated, conditions.

The earthquake of 2010 altered the way the people of Haiti looked at everyday life, as well as, it caused them to be deprived of all hope on creating a new beginning. On Tuesday January 12, 2010, the Haitian society knew that their world would never be the same. Having killed over 300,000 people and wounded more than 200,000 people, the magnitude 7.0 earthquake was demoralizing to the Haitians (“The 2010 Haiti Earthquake”). To make matters worse, following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake there were twelve aftershocks containing a magnitude larger than 5.0 (“Earthquake in Haiti”). The outcome of the earthquake was devastating to the extent that the minority of people who survived stood on the remains of their churches, grocery stores, and even their own homes. Corporations like Merlin USA and others around the globe are contributing in various ways to help try to rebuild Haiti’s nation. Working to repair Haiti’s demolished society, Merlin tries to bring appropriate health care to all susceptible associations in Haiti (“Haiti”). Strongly, Merlin continues to put in a great effort and they have tended to around 47,986 patients merely in Port-au-Prince (“Haiti”). Sorrowfully, people are constantly dying from Cholera in Haiti; nevertheless, it seems to them that nothing the world can offer will be able to cure the adversity they have encountered.

Haiti suffers more than its neighbouring countries from natural disasters because of deforestation. The French destroyed the land and since the Haitians are poor, they strive for newer things to sell. Every time there is another natural disaster, it scrapes away the top soils and leaves rocks and rubble which is not ideal for agriculture. The French destroyed the soil in Haiti and since Haitians obtain money by selling crops at the borderline market, there is no time to develop their soil. Everything that the French did is why Haiti is in desperate need of

According to the Health Development Index, Haiti has the “poorest standards of living” (“Haiti”). Most live in huts and shelters. Many build on trash heaps, and their living environments are often highly unsanitary. Many family members live under the same roof in cramped quarters. They have “the worst health statistics in the

Something is is really bad for them is about three out of four house do not have running water. SOme of their water they get is really brown and dirty. At the opharny our church was working at there were a lot of kids and they have no family at all. Most of the kids come in really little and really really thin from their parent. This poverty keeps increasing too many different things. Something I thought about when I was down there was, When we have a meal and we throw away the leftovers. These people in Haiti would eat that right up. They could only have a small amount of food and that would go for their whole family. Haiti is a very poor spot and I have seen it for myself. They do have some street lights that people support. SOme of the Haitians would steal that lightbulb and use it for their own house. WHen they are that desperate it is so sad. As we would walk down the street it isn’t safe at all these people will take almost anything. I would feel so bad when I see them and I am wearing this new shirt and while they have

Poverty in Haiti is mainly due to the slave population brought in by the French for labor during its colonial rule (they accounted for a third of the whole Atlantic slave trade (1)). How is this so? Well, because

One of the greatest issues that we encountered in Haiti was the lack of access to clean drinking water. The water that is delivered

Haiti is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It is the third largest Caribbean nation with a population of 10.4 million which makes it the most populous full-member state of the Caribbean community. Haiti is also the poorest country in the Americas as measured by the human development index. Haiti is so poor that people used to work as restavecs(unpaid household servant).half of the children in Haiti are unvaccinated.2%of the total population are hiv +.because of poverty only the sanitation condition of Haiti is very poor which results in increase of diseases.

The country that this author chose to research about is Haiti, which has some major health concerns that are present in the country. Haiti is currently working on improving these health concerns. The topics that were chosen to examine Haiti’s health more in depth was women’s health, sanitation and hygiene, and nutrition. This paper will look further into the health of women in Haiti, as well as the sanitation and water supply and nutrition of the population. This paper will also address the steps that have been taken to help improve the health of women, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene in Haiti. The population of Haiti as of 2015 is 10,711,000 (World Health Organization (WHO), 2017). Haiti experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in