Global Report on Food Crises 2020
<p>The 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises describes the scale of acute hunger in the world. It provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to food crises across the globe, and
Haiti
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TS Erika dissipates leaving trail of death and destruction
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) - Five people were killed in Haiti as Tropical Storm Erika drenched sections of French speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) member state. The Associated Press reports that
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The impact of a one-dose versus two-dose oral cholera vaccine regimen in outbreak settings: A modeling study
<p>In 2013, a stockpile of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) was created for use in outbreak response, but vaccine availability remains severely limited. Innovative strategies are needed to maximize the health
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Cholera, climate change fuel Haiti's humanitarian crisis: UN
Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday. The impoverished Caribbean
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Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean
<p>A new data set of landslides that caused loss of life in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 10-year period from 2004 and 2013 inclusive has been compiled, providing new insight into the impact of
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The name's bondi, Plagiodontia aedium bondi: Newly-discovered cat-sized rodent is named after James Bond
Ian Fleming’s famous fictional spy is renowned for being a bit of a love rat. But now a real rodent has been discovered on the island of Hispaniola and it has been named James Bond's hutia - or Plagiodontia
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Prospects for malaria elimination in Mesoamerica and Hispaniola
Malaria remains endemic in 21 countries of the American continent with an estimated 427,000 cases per year. Approximately 10% of these occur in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. During the last decade,
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Haitian marine biologist wins environmental activism prize
A Haitian marine biologist who successfully fought to create a national park to protect a large swath of Haiti's north coast has won a prominent U.S. environmental activism prize. Jean Wiener was awarded
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Flood kills 6, leaves thousands homeless in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — At least six people have died and several thousand homes flooded as Haiti's rainy season continues to bring suffering on the people of this French-speaking Caribbean Community
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Thirty new bean varieties bred to beat baking climate
Scientists have bred 30 new varieties of "heat-beating" beans designed to provide protein for the world's poor in the face of global warming, researchers announced on Wednesday. Described as "meat of
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Half a million babies die each year in unhygienic hospitals
Over a third of hospitals and clinics in developing countries have nowhere for staff or patients to wash with soap, and almost 40 percent have no source of water, according to a WHO-backed international