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May 02, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
Haitians Work with Iowa Doctors to Give Care in Rural Areas
Young Haitian community health workers, hired by the Iowa group, monitor public health in villages year round.
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April 29, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
Haiti Has a History of Outside Interference, Erratic Leadership
Most Americans are unaware of Haiti's story, which began with a slave revolt and has included up-and-down relations with its giant neighbor, the United States.
April 29, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
Family Planning is a Delicate Subject in Haiti
Iowa doctors sense that Haitian women are willing to talk about birth control, even if many hesitate to use specific forms of it. The doctors offer it while being careful not to push too hard.
April 29, 2013 | Pulitzer Center
Haiti: Trying to Explain How Somewhere So Close Can Be So Different
Even if you've read about Haiti, it's startling to see the stark poverty that exists just 90 minutes away from Miami.
April 26, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
A Steady Hand for Haiti: Grace Amid Hardship
A reporter is struck by the openness and graciousness shown by people living in some of the world's toughest situations.
April 26, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
A Steady Hand for Haiti: Couple Talk to God, Make Room for Starving Child
John Gabin and his girlfriend, Guerda Pierre, agreed to adopt a starving 4-year-old. They already had four adults and three kids living in their one-room house, and Pierre was pregnant.
April 22, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
For Haiti, First Ask: What Help Is Needed?
Iowa doctor sees too many well-meaning Americans offer aid that fails to last.
April 22, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
A Steady Hand for Haiti: Good Intentions and Stubborn Complications
Countless public and private aid agencies have spent billions of dollars trying to help Haiti, but experts say little of that aid has helped the country stand on its own.
April 22, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
Haiti: Amid Lifesaving Efforts, Team Sees Conditions It Cannot Heal
When a woman with advanced cancer arrived at their clinic, Iowa doctors and nurses could only offer pain pills and prayers.
April 21, 2013 | The Des Moines Register
A Steady Hand for Haiti: Iowa Doctors Make Frequent Visits to Treat Chronic Ailments
An Iowa-based medical team chips away at Haiti's public-health problems, even as the world's attention shifts elsewhere.
December 04, 2012 | BBC
Cancer: Not Only a Rich-World Disease
Cancer treatment in the developing world tends to be primitive or non-existent. It's not a priority for aid donors - there is a mistaken tendency to see it as a disease of the rich.
December 04, 2012 | PRI's The World
Pink Ribbons to Haiti: Part II of V
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Having breast cancer here often means no care at all, or care that’s too costly for any common person to afford, or a lot of initial missteps.