Not only one of the poorest countries in the world seems to be the most unfortunate in Haiti. The two often go hand in hand. The country urgently needs help to continue growing, with no end in sight for the consequences of the earthquake of January. Click the link at the end of this article for help.
Aim for natural disasters
The earthquake devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010, the worst earthquake in the region was affected by 200 years. TheCost of the catastrophic event more than 250,000 lives and approximately $ 7.2 º $ 13,200,000,000 a large part of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, as was the hordes of people were destroyed in Haiti trapped in the ruins these neighborhoods, public buildings, offices and foreign aid. The earthquake killed 17 percent of the workforce and the government has destroyed nearly a ministry building. More than 1.5 million Haitians have been expelled from their homes or homeless.
As a tropical island nation, HaitiFaces an annual hurricane season, bringing the risk of significant physical damage and human costs. rampant deforestation has led 98 percent of forest land in Haiti, enhances the effects of hurricane winds and floods. Haiti has experienced the worst hurricane ever in 2008, when four tropical storms - Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike - have caused more than a billion dollars in damage.
What's more hurricanes and earthquakes, which occurred in October, the first choleraOutbreak in Haiti for 50 years. Hurricane Thomas spectrum of disease spread to the densely populated capital. Life is particularly thin and health conditions caused by the earthquake of January, may facilitate the transmission of the disease and the country more vulnerable to epidemics in the future.
A profile that makes us think about human development
By most any measure, Haiti is one of the poorest and least developed countries.
Haitiis the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The GDP is estimated at just over $ 2009, 6500000000. With a population of 9,650,000 people, a GDP per capita translates to only about $ 1,300 (purchasing power parity (PPP)). Eighty percent of the population of Haiti struggle to survive, while below the poverty line.
Life expectancy at birth is only 61.7 years in Haiti. In comparison, life expectancy in Honduras, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, from72.6 to 79.1 years.
Haiti is a 145 of 169 countries in 2010 at the latest UNDP Human Development Index (HDI). HDI ratings Honduras, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Mexico area from.604 to.750. Haiti HDI of.404 total score is less than half of the first 35 countries in the index.
57 percent of the Haitian population in the "multidimensional poverty, these people face constant shortages in their acute health, education and living standards, according to the latest2010 Human Development Report (HDI).
In high income and gender inequality
What little economic resources are unevenly distributed Haiti. The UNDP Human Development Report 2010 is expected to "multi-dimensional inequality, including the large income and gender inequality as low human development in Haiti has fallen by 41 percent. Haiti is one of eight countries cited by UNDP, where women receive less than half of years of education than men.
MalPolitics
A variety of bad policy has tried to hinder the development and expects a better quality of life. Haiti's political problems have mounted the country's efforts against a defense and natural disasters that have placed the country as its goal seems altered.
How to help
Taking into account the internal situation of Haiti, one of the best hopes for reducing the impact of devastating natural disasters over foreign aidFortunate neighbors and friends. The interim report of the Commission for recovery of Haiti, co-chaired by former President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister of Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, was created to raise funds for rebuilding and reconstruction Haiti after the earthquake of January.
Fortunately, there are signs that relief efforts can make a difference. Nearly 90 percent of cases of cholera have been treated successfully if the Haitians were able to reach clinics and access to healthServices.
For more information to help Haiti and ways to give time or money to these organizations: Red Cross, Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), UNICEF and the World Food Programme.
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