In Focus Haiti: House Call in Hell

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Haiti, Prison, HIV, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Poverty, Inmate, Doctors, Health, Usaid, Poor, Sanitation, National, Penitentiary, Jail, Disease

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This video takes you inside the walls of one of the worst prisons in the Western hemisphere. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a general lack of funding in Haiti's National Penitentiary have led to exorbitant HIV and Tuberculosis rates. Reporter Antigone Barton and videographer Stephen Sapienza take a first-hand look at these conditions and an American doctor working to correct them. After this video was taken, USAID authorized $200,000 in emergency funding for health and sanitation improvements.

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  • Have you researched ...

    Have you researched the ingredients in the H1N1 vaccine? Do you REALLY believe there is a flu out there killing people? Look it up. Formaldehyde? Mercury? That vaccine is a slow death for all of us. Right now it's on a voluntary basis...Martial law will soon be the law of the land it will be enforced. Remember the Patriotic Act? We no longer have rights- just remember that when you want to defend criminals who pretend they care.

    By phenomenalwomyn [Affiliate User] 1260814145
  • @DJDanzzEdit You ...

    @DJDanzzEdit You are so naive, don't you know the word of the century is POPULATION CONTROL? Haiti was never this way 20 years ago...the country was pretty much self sufficient until USAID and other "international aid" came down there and undersold the local farmers and merchants with poor quality food, opened up clinics, and all of a sudden, the country is riddled with diseases...

    By phenomenalwomyn [Affiliate User] 1260813260
  • Im not sure which ...

    Im not sure which disease your speaking of in regards to WW2 but your statement is absolutely rediculous. The point of this video was not go make the white doctor a savior it was to open peoples eyes to the conditions the people in the prison are forced to live by. And if you are so sure the americans are "experimenting" can you back that up by any kind of proof? anything at all? no? didnt think so...

    By DJDanzzEdit [Affiliate User] 1260626840
  • of course, scabies ...

    of course, scabies and tb are rampant in haiti anyhow; regardless of whether or not they are in prison.

    By angelaisyouyou [Affiliate User] 1258873345
  • o man this is one ...

    o man this is one bad place, makes San Quinton look like a cake walk.

    By bobbybenjamin [Affiliate User] 1258745506
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