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66% of deaths come from Natural Disasters.

Haiti is prone to poverty, corruption,  disease outbreak and low levels of education.

Most of these things are out of their control...

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Life Expectancy - 62.51 (low compared to America's 78)
Mortality Rate- 8.1 Deaths/ 1,000 People
Sickness Rate Degree of risk: High
- HIV/AIDS, Food & Water Bourne Diseases
Literacy Rate: Low (only 53% of population over age of 15 can read and write

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Programs that are most successful in Haiti are internationally funded

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped Haiti tremendously. Rebuilding of their healthcare facilities and system has come from USAID.

The Ministry of Health provides treatment and living to 10 Million people on $30 Million per year.

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-Hospitals require unaffordable admission fees, making health care more difficult to access.
-Low-Physician pay makes the job unattractive. Haiti lacks sufficient health professionals.
-2010 Earthquake took down Haiti's main hospital, as well as 50 health centers. This photo is post-earthquake when the hospital was destroyed.

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Only 6% of GDP is spent on health expenditures in Haiti. The health budget is too low. Haitian authorities and international partners need to make health care a much higher priority

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One can not mention the healthcare system in Haiti without mentioning the earthquake that destroyed the minimal facilities they had. Watch this video for details on the 2010 Earthquake.

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The island nation of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with one of the weakest infrastructures, now faces near-catastrophic damage from an earthquake. Seth Doane reports.

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Haiti is a French and Creole speaking country with a population of 10.1 Million people.