Important meeting between the PNH and Brazil

Frantz Elbé, Acting Director General of the Haitian National Police (PNH) held an important meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador to Haiti Luis Fernando de Carvalho. During this meeting several important points were discussed, including strengthening the operational capacity of the police force, particularly in terms of continuing training.

Anemia rate of 47.7% among Haitian women of childbearing age

According to the latest edition of the Regional Panorama of Food Security and Nutrition (Panorama 2023) in Latin America and the Caribbean, Haiti displays a prevalence of undernourishment of 45%, affecting 5.1 million people during the period from 2020 to 2022. According to the report, among countries in the region with a high prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age, Haiti had the highest prevalence (47.7%), followed by Guyana (31.7%) and the Dominican Republic (26.4%).

Training of trainers in essential newborn care

In support of the Family Health Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO-Haiti) provided support in carrying out a training workshop for trainers in the field of essential care of the newborn, which took place at the Justinien University Hospital for the benefit of students in pediatrics, gynecologists, midwives, and other health professionals working in public and/or private hospitals and health centers in 10 departments.

Did you know ?

In the judicial system, the name Parquet (or Public Ministry) comes from the "small enclosed park" in which the king's prosecutors were held during the hearings under the Ancien Régime. The public prosecutor's office is also called "standing judiciary" since the prosecutors speak standing during hearings.

FAO alongside the Ministry of the Environment

Patrick David, the Officer in charge of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met with the Minister of the Environment of Haiti. The two men discussed, among other things,: the Country Programming Framework; the germplasm centers of Lévy de Marfranc and Fonds des Nègres.

Cooperation between Haitian Universities and UQAC

The Ambassador of Haiti to Canada, Weibert Arthus, accompanied by Minister Counselor Ossé Aristild and the First Secretary Ismaëla Dubuisson, met by videoconference with officials from the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC) including Rector Ghislain Samson and his advisor Christian Fillion. Together, they explored avenues for bilateral cooperation between Haitian university institutions and UQAC in the field of teaching and mainly scientific research. The question of accessibility of studies and scholarships for the benefit of Haitian students was also discussed.

HL/ HaitiLibre