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Earthquakes, Poverty And Moun Fou: A UM Prof Builds Mental …
WEBHaiti’s misfortunes – extreme poverty, political crises, natural disasters – are more than just material. They’ve also led to mental health issues. And until recently those were rarely adequately addressed in Haiti. That’s changed – and Guerda Nicolas is a big reason why. Nicolas is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami’s School of …
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Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art: MOCA North Miami
WEBThe Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA)will host exhibitions, virtual events, virtual tours and extended hours during Miami Art Week, Nov. 29–Dec. 6, 2020. "We are pleased to safely welcome visitors to the museum for Miami Art Week 2020 by presenting a diverse range of exhibitions and virtual programming," said MOCA …
The Complex Intersections of Food, Health, and History in Hispanic
WEB[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Brianne Garrett (Tufts Now): “Nutrition scholar Melissa Fuster is debunking food stereotypes within Hispanic Caribbean communities. In the process, she offers a thoughtful approach to addressing the group’s diet-related health inequities.” For Melissa Fuster, our …
Frederick W. Hickling on “Enslaved minds: decolonising mental …
WEBIn “Enslaved minds: decolonising mental health,” the late Frederick W. Hickling (University of the West Indies-Mona, Jamaica) explores how centuries of colonial oppression have left their mark on Jamaica’s mental health. The ACW Review reports that Professor Hickling passed away about a month before the publication of this article (8 …
Overwhelmed by Coronavirus, Cuba’s Vaunted Health System Is …
WEB“The funeral homes can’t cope, the hospitals can’t cope, the clinics can’t cope,” said a Cuban doctor who was fired for publicly lamenting the distressed state of medical care. A report by Frances Robles for The New York Times. Cuba’s health care system, long a source of national pride, is in acute distress, particularly in distant…
The Legacy of Wattle and Daub Homes in Colonial Caribbean …
WEBA report by Lori Wysong for Historically Speaking. In his 1492 descriptions of the Caribbean, Christopher Columbus declared the houses of the indigenous people he encountered “could not be more graceful, or better made, more reliable, cleaner, or healthier and it is a pleasure to see them and live in them.”[1] Variations of the huts, or…
Caribbean eyes rise of the gluten-free market – Repeating Islands
WEBA report by George Ruddock for The Voice Online. A GLUTEN-FREE diet is the new way of life for millions of people around the world, including the Caribbean. This unique food market is expected to grow to the value of £26 billion by 2025. Wheat-based flour contains varying levels of the protein gluten which has gained…
In Bermuda: “Haiti Village Health,” a Documentary
WEBOn Thursday April 26, 2012, at 7:30pm, the documentary Haiti Village Health, produced by award winning documentary film maker Robert Zuill, will screen at The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. The film documents work being done by Haiti Village Health which is an aid organization started by Dr. Tiffany Keenan, a doctor who …
50% of doctors have left Puerto Rico since ’09
WEBNimB reports that there are 9,492 doctors remaining in Puerto Rico out of 18,754 who were on the island in 2009. During the IV Health Congress hosted by the United Retailers Association, Félix Rodríguez-Schmidt, undersecretary of the Puerto Rico Health Department, said there is a dire need for retaining and strengthening the medical …
Puerto Rico’s Invisible Health Crisis – Repeating Islands
WEBMany thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. In “Puerto Rico’s Invisible Health Crisis,” Valeria Pelet (The Atlantic, 3 September 2016) poses an important question: “The island of Vieques has some of the highest sickness rates in the Caribbean. Is the U.S. Navy responsible?” This is a must read; here are…
Environmental Experts Provide Solutions for Identifying …
WEBLast month, The Atlantic published a report about the high rate of illnesses and cancer on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The article discussed the Navy’s past use of heavy metals and toxic chemicals on its former military base on the island and potential lingering soil contamination issues that could be impacting people’s health.…
Why therapists ARE talking about Bruno
WEBA report by Catherine E. Shoichet for CNN.. Kadesha Adelakun bought toys from “Encanto” before she even had a chance to see the movie.She knew characters from a multiracial Afro-Latino family would be an important addition to her office in Kennesaw, Georgia, where she holds play therapy sessions and makes a point of finding toys that …
Claudia Rankine: ‘The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning’
WEBThe murder of three men and six women at a church in Charleston is a national tragedy, but in America, the killing of black people is an unending spectacle, Jamaican-American poet Claudia Rankine writes in this piece for The New York Times. The piece is accompanied by a set of historical photos (like the one above) which can be …
In Haiti, Battling Disease With Open-Air Clinics
WEBThe tuberculosis clinic was $2 million, or $140 a square foot, according to Adam Saltzman, the project manager for MASS on both sites. The cholera clinic totaled $700,000, or $80 a square foot. Architecture and engineering helped eradicate these diseases ages ago in cities like London, Paris and New York, which constructed sewers …
Puerto Rico’s Ponce Health Sciences University to Build New …
WEBPonce Health Sciences University has broken ground on the construction of a $80MM campus/medical research facility, which will be the largest of its kind in Puerto Rico. Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) in Ponce, Puerto Rico has received conditional authorization from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) – …
Haiti deportations soar as Biden administration deploys Trump-era
WEBJulian Borger (The Guardian) writes, “There have been more ‘Title 42’ expulsions in the space of a few weeks than during an entire year of Trump’s administration, report says.”The line that breaks my heart is: “On Wednesday the US embassy in Port-au-Prince put out a message from Biden in Creole on its Twitter account, saying ‘Mwen ka …
Steve Ouditt Proceeds to Mental Health: T&T Art Exhibition …
WEBVisual artist /designer Steve Ouditt will be exhibiting locally for the first time in 18 years at Medulla Art Gallery in March. The exhibition, Proceeds to Mental Health is a prolific body of work comprising 135 drawings and collages exploring mental illness and its correlating transgressions in daily cognitive perception, social behavior, class, politics …
A Death by Skin Cancer
WEBDr Cleland Gooding MD., F.A.A.D., a physician with a specialty in Skin Diseases employed by the Bahamas Government, has penned this intriguing article about Bob Marley’s failed treatment for skin cancer, which eventually progressed to the brain cancer responsible for his death at 36. Here are excerpts, with a link to the original …
Jamaican Scientist Finds Protein Complex to Cure Various Cancers
WEBThe Jamaica Gleaner reports that a Jamaican scientist is being celebrated for finding an effective treatment for some types of cancer. Dr. Lawrence Williams, a research scientist at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), has been awarded an international patent on a compound isolated from the Guinea hen weed as a protein complex of …
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