Health and Society

#TurnIgnoranceAround

By Page McDonough

June 15, 2016

It is no surprise by this point in his candidacy that Donald Trump is no friend to Latinos. Along with his rants about building a wall between the US and Mexico, he has attacked the Mexican people personally. In June of last year he was infamously quoted saying, “When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

Carrying the Elephant: Continuing Haiti’s Health Policy Agenda during a Lame Duck Period

Haiti is often characterized as the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere with the lowest health indicators. While one cannot deny where Haiti falls in terms of ranking as compared to other nations in the region, these rankings fail to speak about progress made and being made at the ground level that are increasing access to and the quality of the health services Haitians receive through the public health system.

Over the past 16 years, this progress has resulted in improvements to public health, such as:

Expert Advice and Noncommunicable Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean

In the world of global public health, there is considerable tension over what kind of diseases should take priority in the allotment of scarce resources. Roughly speaking, the main division is infectious versus noncommunicable diseases, and there exists further debate within each of these categories. A perfect example is the evaluation of the World Health Organization’s handling (or bungling) of the west African Ebola epidemic of 2014. Many critics laid blame for the WHO’s slow and uncoor

Zika Virus Explodes Into an Alarming Reason for Concern

On Monday, January 29, the World Health Organization issued an alert declaring the Zika virus a

Zika: The known and the Unknown

In December 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization issued an alert warning of the zika virus infection. The virus is a mosquito-borne disease that causes a fever, headaches, conjunctivitis, etc. Its clinical manifestation is similar to the dengue fever, which is also a mosquito-borne illness.

Venezuela's Malignant Health Care Crisis

By Hilary Heath

April 26, 2016

Venezuela has long been labeled the rebel in Latin America, holding on to a socialist identity since Hugo Chávez first brought his social revolution to fruition in the country. Part of this social revolution was providing poor Venezuelans with social services, namely health care. Though a popular idea, Venezuela has never truly been able to maintain the necessary resources and services to create an effective health care system. As a result, tens of thousands of citizens lack access to health care, medicine, and life-saving treatments.

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