CUBAN MEDICAL COOPERATION IN HAITI: ONE OF THE WORLD&apos;S BEST-KEPT SECRETS

Kirk, Emily J.; Kirk, John M.

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Author(s): Emily J. Kirk , John M. Kirk

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'Audit of USAID/HAITI Hurricane Georges Recovery Programme', USAID, 15 May 2001, http://www.usaid.gov/oig/public/fy01rpts/1-521-01-005-p.pdf (retrieved 10 March 2010).
'Haiti' on the Pan American Health Organization website, http://www. paho.org/english/dd.ais/cp_332.htm (accessed 2 February 2010).
William Steif, 'Cuban Doctors Aid Strife-Torn Haiti', The State, 26 April 2004, http:// havanajournal.com/culture/entry/cuban_doctors_aid_strife_torn_haiti/(accessed 21 June 2007).
'Haiti' on the Pan American Health Organization website, found at http:// www.paho.org/english/dd/ais/cp_332.htm (accessed 2 February 2010).
Anna Kovac, 'Cuba Trains Hundreds of Haitian Doctors to Make a Difference', 6 August 2007, http://www.medicc.org/cubahealthreports/chr-article.php?&a=1035 (accessed 2 February 2010).
Ibid.; 'Haitian Medical Students in Cuba', Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba (MEDICC), 12 January 2010, http://www.medicc.org/ns/index.php?p=4&s=33 (accessed 12 January 2010); 'La colabaración cubana permanecerá en Haití los años que sean necesarios', Cubadebate, 24 February 2010, http://www.cubadebate.cu/ opinion/2010/02/24/cuba-estara-en-haiti-anos-que-sean-necesario (accessed 9 March 2010); 'Fact Sheet: Cuban Medical Cooperation With Haiti', Medicc Review, 15 January 2009, http://www.medicc.org/ns/index.php?s=104 (accessed 2 February 2010).
'Haiti Earthquake: Special Coverage', CNN, 20 March 2010, http://www.cnn.com/ SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/(accessed 22 March 2010).
Tyler Maltbie, 'Haiti Earthquake: The Nations That Are Stepping Up To Help', Christian Science Monitor, posted 14 January 2010 on http://www.csmonitor.com/ layout/set/print/content/view/print273879 (accessed 28 January 2010).
'Two Months After the Quake, New Services and New Concerns', MSF, 12 March 2010, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article_printcfm?id=4320 (accessed 17 March 2010).
'Canada's Response to the Earthquake in Haiti: Progress to Date', Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, 17 March 2010, http://www.international.gc.ca/ humanitarian-humanitaire/earthquake_seisme_haiti_effort (accessed 17 March 2010).
'USNS Comfort Completes Haiti Mission, March 9, 2010', American Forces Press Service, 9 March 2010, http://www.trackpads.com/forum/defenselink/928304-usns- comfort-completes-haiti-mission (accessed 11 March 2010).
John Burnett, 'Cuban Doctors Unsung Heroes of Haitian Earthquake', National Public Radio report, 24 January 2010, http://www.npr.org/templates/story. ph?storyID=122919202 (accessed 28 January 2010).
José Steinsleger, 'Haiti, Cuba y la ley primera', La Jornada, 3 February 2010. http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2010/01/27/cuba-en-ginebra-sobre- reconstruccion-haiti.
Connor Gorry, 'Two of the 170,000+Cases', Medicc Review, 8 March 2010, http:// mediccglobal.wordpress.com/(accessed 10 March 2010); 'Cooperación con Haití debe ser a largo plazo', Juventud Rebelde, 23 March 2010, http://juventudrebelde.cu/ internacionales/2010-03-23/cooperacion-con-haiti-debe-ser-a-largo-plazo (accessed 23 March 2010); 'Haiti: Two Months after the Quake, New Services and New Concerns', MSF, 12 March 2010, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article_print. cfm?id=4320 (accessed 17 March 2010); 'Haiti-USNS Comfort Medical and Surgical Support', US Department of Health and Human Services, 11 March 2010, http:www. hhs.gov/Haiti/usns_comfort.html (accessed 11 March 2010); Brett Popplewell, 'This Haitian Town Is Singing Canada's Praise', The Star, 26 January 2010, http://www. thestar.com/printarticle/755843 (accessed 17 March); 'USNS Comfort Leaves Haiti', 13 News, 11 March 2010, http://www.wvec.com/internaternalz?st=print&id=87243 182&path=/home (accessed 11 March 2010).
'Cuba y Brasil suman esfuerzos con Haití', Juventud Rebelde, 28 March 2010 (translated to English by the authors).
'Presidente Preval agradece a Fidel y Raúl Castro ayuda solidaria a Haití', Cubadebate, 8 February 2010, http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2010/02/08presidente-preval- agradece-fidel-raul-castro (accessed 9 February 2010).
María Laura Carpineta, 'Habla el jefe de los 344 médicos cubanos instalados en Haití desde hace doce años', Página 12 (Argentina), 4 February 2010, found at http://cuba-l. unm.edu.
Ibid.
Press Conference on Haiti Humanitarian Aid', held at the United Nations on 23 March 2004, htto://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2004/CanadaPressCfc.doc.htm (accessed 21 November 2008).

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[1] 'Audit of USAID/HAITI Hurricane Georges Recovery Programme', USAID, 15 May 2001, http://www.usaid.gov/oig/public/fy01rpts/1-521-01-005-p.pdf (retrieved 10 March 2010).

[2] 'Haiti' on the Pan American Health Organization website, http://www. paho.org/english/dd.ais/cp_332.htm (accessed 2 February 2010).

[3] William Steif, 'Cuban Doctors Aid Strife-Torn Haiti', The State, 26 April 2004, http:// havanajournal.com/culture/entry/cuban_doctors_aid_strife_torn_haiti/(accessed 21 June 2007).

[4] 'Haiti' on the Pan American Health Organization website, found at http:// www.paho.org/english/dd/ais/cp_332.htm (accessed 2 February 2010).

[5] Anna Kovac, 'Cuba Trains Hundreds of Haitian Doctors to Make a Difference', 6 August 2007, http://www.medicc.org/cubahealthreports/chr-article.php?&a=1035 (accessed 2 February 2010).

[6] Ibid.; 'Haitian Medical Students in Cuba', Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba (MEDICC), 12 January 2010, http://www.medicc.org/ns/index.php?p=4&s=33 (accessed 12 January 2010); 'La colabaración cubana permanecerá en Haití los años que sean necesarios', Cubadebate, 24 February 2010, http://www.cubadebate.cu/ opinion/2010/02/24/cuba-estara-en-haiti-anos-que-sean-necesario (accessed 9 March 2010); 'Fact Sheet: Cuban Medical Cooperation With Haiti', Medicc Review, 15 January 2009, http://www.medicc.org/ns/index.php?s=104 (accessed 2 February 2010).

[7] 'Haiti Earthquake: Special Coverage', CNN, 20 March 2010, http://www.cnn.com/ SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/(accessed 22 March 2010).

[8] Tyler Maltbie, 'Haiti Earthquake: The Nations That Are Stepping Up To Help', Christian Science Monitor, posted 14 January 2010 on http://www.csmonitor.com/ layout/set/print/content/view/print273879 (accessed 28 January 2010).

[9] 'Two Months After the Quake, New Services and New Concerns', MSF, 12 March 2010, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article_printcfm?id=4320 (accessed 17 March 2010).

[10] 'Canada's Response to the Earthquake in Haiti: Progress to Date', Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, 17 March 2010, http://www.international.gc.ca/ humanitarian-humanitaire/earthquake_seisme_haiti_effort (accessed 17 March 2010).

[11] 'USNS Comfort Completes Haiti Mission, March 9, 2010', American Forces Press Service, 9 March 2010, http://www.trackpads.com/forum/defenselink/928304-usns- comfort-completes-haiti-mission (accessed 11 March 2010).

[12] John Burnett, 'Cuban Doctors Unsung Heroes of Haitian Earthquake', National Public Radio report, 24 January 2010, http://www.npr.org/templates/story. ph?storyID=122919202 (accessed 28 January 2010).

[13] José Steinsleger, 'Haiti, Cuba y la ley primera', La Jornada, 3 February 2010. http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2010/01/27/cuba-en-ginebra-sobre- reconstruccion-haiti.

[14] Connor Gorry, 'Two of the 170,000+Cases', Medicc Review, 8 March 2010, http:// mediccglobal.wordpress.com/(accessed 10 March 2010); 'Cooperación con Haití debe ser a largo plazo', Juventud Rebelde, 23 March 2010, http://juventudrebelde.cu/ internacionales/2010-03-23/cooperacion-con-haiti-debe-ser-a-largo-plazo (accessed 23 March 2010); 'Haiti: Two Months after the Quake, New Services and New Concerns', MSF, 12 March 2010, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article_print. cfm?id=4320 (accessed 17 March 2010); 'Haiti-USNS Comfort Medical and Surgical Support', US Department of Health and Human Services, 11 March 2010, http:www. hhs.gov/Haiti/usns_comfort.html (accessed 11 March 2010); Brett Popplewell, 'This Haitian Town Is Singing Canada's Praise', The Star, 26 January 2010, http://www. thestar.com/printarticle/755843 (accessed 17 March); 'USNS Comfort Leaves Haiti', 13 News, 11 March 2010, http://www.wvec.com/internaternalz?st=print&id=87243 182&path=/home (accessed 11 March 2010).

[15] 'Cuba y Brasil suman esfuerzos con Haití', Juventud Rebelde, 28 March 2010 (translated to English by the authors).

[16] 'Presidente Preval agradece a Fidel y Raúl Castro ayuda solidaria a Haití', Cubadebate, 8 February 2010, http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2010/02/08presidente-preval- agradece-fidel-raul-castro (accessed 9 February 2010).

[17] María Laura Carpineta, 'Habla el jefe de los 344 médicos cubanos instalados en Haití desde hace doce años', Página 12 (Argentina), 4 February 2010, found at http://cuba-l. unm.edu.

[18] Ibid.

[19] Press Conference on Haiti Humanitarian Aid', held at the United Nations on 23 March 2004, htto://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2004/CanadaPressCfc.doc.htm (accessed 21 November 2008).