05 décembre 2002 - Port-au-Prince, Haïti - Les enfants dont le système immunitaire est déjà imposé par la malnutrition sont plus sensibles aux maladies qui se cachent dans les déchets transportés dans leurs bidonvilles de mer par des crues soudaines. La déforestation à grande échelle, principalement pour fabriquer du charbon de bois, en Haïti et le long de la frontière en République dominicaine est un important facteur contribuant aux fréquentes crues éclair et

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Dec. 05, 2002 - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Children whose immune systems are already taxed by malnutrition are more susceptible to the diseases that lurk in the waste carried into their seaside slums by flash floods. Widespread deforestation, mainly to make charcoal, in Haiti and along the border in the Dominican Republic is a major contributing factor to the frequent flash floods and the rising death toll. Part of the reason why Haiti has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world is the constant state of unsanitary conditions in which children live. These disease-facilitating conditions are caused, in part, by the frequent flash floods. Limp and nearly lifeless with her bony shoulder protruding like a knife edge, little ROSE SANON, 1, is in the final stage of malnutrition and suffering from a bacterial illness, causing dehydration. Dr. Agathe Ulysse, the pediatrician at Marguerite Naseau clinic in Cite Soleil, the largest slum in Haiti, tells Rose's mother that the baby must go immediately to a hospital or she may die, but with an entire waiting room of similar cases the doctor cannot take the child herself. (Credit Image: © Benjamin Rusnak/Food For The Poor/ZUMAPRESS.com)