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	2010 DECEMBER Dec. 29, 2010 Ray Suarez Responds to Critics of Cuba Series Cuba -- its past, present and future -- sits comfortably in a category, along with abortion, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and now global climate change, of difficult stories to tell.

	Dec. 29, 2010 India Dispatch: Thriving Development Spawns Water, Resource Worries NEW DELHI, India \| If there are water wars in the future, conservationist Jyothi Sharma thinks they'll happen just outside her apartment in an upper-middle class enclave in Delhi's Vasant Kunj neighborhood.

	Dec. 27, 2010 Shortage of Cholera Vaccine an Obstacle in Haiti Response Health experts are calling for the creation of a cholera vaccine stockpile so the vaccine can be deployed in future cholera outbreaks, like the one still spreading in Haiti.

	Dec. 23, 2010 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Vatican Clarifies on Condoms, Cholera Vaccine The Vatican's Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith issued a statement Tuesday reaffirming that the church does not condone the use of condoms to prevent pregnancy, in an effort to clarify statements made by Pope Benedict XVI.

	Dec. 22, 2010 Debt-Free Doctors Part of Cuba's Foreign Policy Strategy Ray Suarez wraps up his series on Cuba with a look at a "medical diplomacy" program that offers medical school education to low-income students from around the world.

	Dec. 22, 2010 Cuba Offers Poor Medical Students a Free Ride On Wednesday's NewsHour, Ray Suarez wraps up his series on Cuba with a look at its medical diplomacy efforts around the world.

	Dec. 21, 2010 Cuba's Emphasis on Preventive Medicine Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine.

	Dec. 21, 2010 In Photos: Scenes from Cuba The second installment in a three-part Global Health series on Cuba airs Tuesday on the NewsHour. View photos from the team's trip through Havana below and tune in to learn more about Cuba's universal health care system and the debate over the country's successful health outcomes.

	Dec. 21, 2010 Festival Gives Cubans a Window the World The grand lobby of Havana's historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba was humming with activity earlier this month as documentary filmmakers, directors, actors and producers from around Latin America gathered to pay homage to their craft at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

	Dec. 20, 2010 Cubans Grapple With Challenges, Promises of Economic Change Ray Suarez and the NewsHour Global Health Unit kick off a three-part series from Cuba with a report from Havana on how the country's economy is adapting to the gradual economic reforms of President Raul Castro -- while maintaining a tradition of socialism.

	Dec. 20, 2010 Cubans Look to Break Down Misconceptions During The PBS NewsHour's recent trip to Cuba, we asked people what they thought was the biggest misconception Americans have about Cuba. Here are some of the people we met and their responses.

	Dec. 20, 2010 In Cuba, Questions About Economic Change Persist Ray Suarez's three-part Cuba series begins Monday night on the NewsHour.

	Dec. 17, 2010 Foreign Aid Funding Under Scrutiny As control of the House shifts to Republicans, lawmakers are vowing to find ways to cut deficits -- and some are pointing to foreign aid as an area to trim.

	Dec. 17, 2010 Haiti, a Year After the Quake It's been nearly a year since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti. The aftermath left the capital of Port-au-Prince shattered, thousands living in tent camps and aid organizations scrambling to assist Haitians already burdened with poverty, now burdened with a city in ruins.

	Dec. 17, 2010 Preview: The NewsHour in Cuba The NewsHour is airing a three part series on Cuba next week, beginning on December 20.

	Dec. 16, 2010 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Stem Cell Treatment for HIV, Haiti Cholera A patient with HIV and leukemia has been declared cured of both diseases through stem cell treatment, a team of Berlin doctors wrote this week in a peer-reviewed study in the journal Blood.

	Dec. 12, 2010 Cuba Faces Economic Woes; Lauds Achievements in Health, Education Ray Suarez is back from Havana, Cuba, where he reported on the health system, medical diplomacy and the move towards economic reforms.

	Dec. 9, 2010 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: One Cigarette Causes Harm, Haiti Cholera Photo by Valentin OttoneJust One Cigarette Can Harm HealthThe chemicals from even one puff of a cigarette can cause immediate damage to the lungs and DNA, according to a new report issued by U.

	Dec. 7, 2010 In Cuba, Biotech Eyed for Potential Economic Boost Ray Suarez, who is reporting for the NewsHour's Global Health Unit in Cuba, speaks with Jeffrey Brown about the country's changing economy, its booming medical research industry and health care system. Suarez returns to Havana for the first time since the Cold War to see how it has changed.

	Dec. 6, 2010 New Meningitis Vaccine Could be Model for Future Drugs The rollout of a new meningitis vaccine developed specifically with poor countries in mind began Monday in western Africa.

	Dec. 3, 2010 Reporter's Notebook: Getting Reacquainted with Havana All the stereotypes are still in place: Cubans love cigars, rum, music, and baseball. 1950s Chevys, Buicks, Plymouths, and 1970s Ladas and Zils from the Soviet Union still drive on the streets of Havana. Ray Suarez reports from Cuba.

	Dec. 2, 2010 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: World AIDS Day, Doctors Needed in Haiti The White House decorated for World AIDS Day.

	Dec. 1, 2010 Former Surgeon General Koop Calls AIDS 'Forgotten Epidemic' Former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop spoke with Ray Suarez for World AIDS Day.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 25, 2010 Making AIDS Drugs Affordable Here and Abroad Spencer Michels profiles the company that makes the HIV medicine, and the strides to make it affordable to those in the U.S. and poorer countries.

	Nov. 25, 2010 New Antiretroviral Could Reduce Risk of HIV Infection Ray Suarez looks at the latest advances in combating AIDS. New research suggests taking an antiretroviral while healthy could greatly reduce the risk of contracting HIV.

	Nov. 25, 2010 Art Program Aims to Help Children Affected by AIDS One in every eight adults in Mozambique is infected with HIV, and many children in the country have lost a parent, or both parents, to the disease.

	Nov. 24, 2010 Mozambique Looks to Battle Illnesses to Boost Kids' IQs, Economy In the final report of his series on health issues in Mozambique, Ray Suarez reports on the country's high levels of childhood mortality and the connections between kids' illnesses and intelligence levels.

	Nov. 23, 2010 High Costs of HIV Medication Cause 'Terrible Dilemma' in Mozambique In Mozambique, where 1 in 8 adults is living with HIV, the number of patients on antiretroviral drugs has expanded thanks to international AIDS funding, but a debate is emerging over whether foreign donors can continue to fund an ever-expanding pool of patients. Ray Suarez continues his series from the southern African nation.

	Nov. 23, 2010 Preventing Mother to Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique More than 400,000 babies born to HIV-positive mothers are infected with the virus each year.

	Nov. 23, 2010 Preview: Sustaining Mozambique's HIV/AIDS Fight One out of every eight adults living in Mozambique is HIV positive, and most of them are on HIV medications called antiretrovirals.

	Nov. 22, 2010 In Mozambique, Signs of Growth Seen Amid Rampant Poverty New international investment and steady growth have made Mozambique a promising African economy, but little of that change has trickled down to the citizens, many of whom still struggle to afford staple foods.In the first of three reports, Ray Suarez explores how the growing economy has left many of the poorest people behind.

	Nov. 22, 2010 Preview: Mozambique's Growth Not Benefitting Its Poorest Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries, grappling with high rates of poverty, HIV and malnutrition.

	Nov. 18, 2010 Top 5 Global Health Headlines: Cholera Crossing Borders Cases of cholera have been confirmed in two people in the Dominican Republic and in Miami. Both were recently in Haiti, where more than 1,100 people have now died from the waterborne illness, heightening fears of further international spread.

	Nov. 17, 2010 Frustration Boils Over in Haiti as Riots Disrupt Efforts to Contain Cholera The number of cholera deaths in Haiti climbed to 1,100 as riots broke out in two northern cities. Gwen Ifill speaks with Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles in Port-au-Prince, who says that the unrest is hampering efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic.

	Nov. 11, 2010 Global Health Watch: Cholera in Haiti, TB Numbers Leveling Off We are starting a new feature on the Rundown from our global health unit. Once a week, we'll be publishing a roundup of top health stories around the world you should know about.

	Nov. 10, 2010 Haiti Struggles to Rebuild From Earthquake, But Progress Is Slow Jon Snow of Independent Television News revisits some places he went after Haiti's deadly earthquake earlier this year to see how the recovery effort is going.

	Nov. 9, 2010 In Pakistan, Volunteer Doctors Try to Fill Health Care Void After Floods Special correspondent Saima Mohsin traveled with a team from the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders as it worked to treat Pakistan's flood victims, many of whom have had little access to health care months after the waters first rose.

	Nov. 9, 2010 Cholera Reaches Port-au-Prince, More Cases Expected Cholera has officially spread to Port-au-Prince, where more than a million people are living in crowded tent camps and slums, prime conditions for spreading the highly contagious disease.

	Nov. 5, 2010 Research Shows CT Scans Can Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths A National Cancer Institute trial found that screening by 3-dimensional X-ray tests known as "spiral CT scans" reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent over five years. But the test has its drawbacks, including increased exposure to radiation and false positives. Ray Suarez talks to NCI's Harold Varmus about the research.

	Nov. 4, 2010 Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Could Worsen After Tropical Storm Ray Suarez talks to a NPR's Jason Beaubien in Port-au-Prince about concerns that rainwater could further the spread of cholera in Haiti.

	Nov. 4, 2010 Storm Threatens to Worsen Haiti Cholera Outbreak A strengthening tropical storm is predicted to hit Haiti on Friday, bringing the threat of high winds and flooding, which could accelerate the spread of cholera.



	OCTOBER Oct. 27, 2010 Pakistani Mothers, Babies Face Health Risks Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports from Pakistan, where pregnant women and infants who survived the floods often lack sufficient nutrition and access to health care.

	Oct. 27, 2010 Cholera Outbreak Highlights Haiti's Ongoing Sanitation Problems Deaths from Haiti's cholera outbreak are slowing, but health experts warn that the threat of further spread, fueled by unsanitary conditions, is still very real.

	Oct. 26, 2010 In Bosnia, Breast Cancer Fight Gives Women a Unifying Voice In a country still very much identified with its civil war that ended 15 years ago, the leading cause of death among Bosnian women is breast cancer. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports on efforts to stop the deadly disease.

	Oct. 26, 2010 Bosnian Divide Extends to Cancer Care Kira Kay reports from Bosnia on the surprisingly high levels of breast cancer in the country and the national elections -- and how the two stories intertwine.

	Oct. 25, 2010 Preview: Reporting on HIV in Mozambique Ray Suarez gives a preview of his series of Global Health Unit reports from one of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique, where the number of cases of HIV and AIDS has strained medical and financial resources.

	Oct. 22, 2010 Authorities Fear Cholera Outbreak Could Spread in Haiti Health officials fear a cholera outbreak in rural Haiti that has killed at least 142 people and sickened more than 1,500 will spread to other parts of Haiti, including the earthquake-ravaged capital Port-au-Prince.

	Oct. 22, 2010 Mozambique's Health Care Struggles Put Need for Basics Back in Focus MAPUTO \| A few weeks ago at the U.N., I interviewed the Health Minister of Mozambique, Paolo Ivo Garrido. By the time I got to Maputo in October, Garrido had been dismissed. In the near term, it doesn't matter that much. The country's problems are daunting, no matter who's running the health ministry.

	Oct. 21, 2010 Mississippi 'Food Deserts' Fuel Obesity Epidemic As the government highlights the growing health risks of childhood obesity, Betty Ann Bowser reports from the Mississippi Delta on how so-called "food deserts" keep some communities from access to healthy food.

	Oct. 18, 2010 Pakistani Flood Victims Face Malnutrition, Disease as Winter Nears Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports on Pakistani flood victims' continuing needs for food, medicine, agricultural help and other aid as winter nears.

	Oct. 18, 2010 Food Insecurity a Chronic Problem in Mozambique In Mozambique, Maputo's streets were buzzing with commercial activity Monday and its beaches were packed over the weekend with families having picnics and friends sharing beers. But just last month, there was a very different scene: riots over a hike in food and water prices raged for three days and ended with 13 people dead.

	Oct. 12, 2010 U.S. Effort to Aid Pakistan Flood Victims Confronts Challenges As the need for food, water and shelter continue in flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan, American aid groups are running into difficulties in getting supplies to victims. Special Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Pakistan.

	Oct. 11, 2010 CDC, NIH Condemn 'Deeply Saddening' Guatemala Study The recent discovery that U.S. researchers intentionally infected Guatemalans with STDs in the 1940s spurred angry responses and an apology from President Obama to Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom. Now the directors of the CDC and the National Institutes of Health are condemning the study as "regrettable and deeply saddening."

	Oct. 7, 2010 EU Spokesman: Hungary Has Requested Sludge Clean-up Help Margaret Warner speaks with Joe Hennon, a European Commission spokesman, about the health and environmental risks of the toxic red sludge spreading in Hungary.

	Oct. 7, 2010 In Hungary, Toxic Red Sludge Reaches Danube River The toxic red sludge from an aluminum plant in Hungary has reached the Danube River, raising concerns of more widespread environmental damage in Europe. Margaret Warner has more.

	Oct. 6, 2010 Toxic Sludge From Hungary Spill Coats Villages, Threatens Danube A red-tinged toxic sludge has been winding its way though villages in Hungary this week - the result of a metal plant reservoir that burst its banks in Ajka.

	Oct. 4, 2010 Researcher 'Floored' by Discovery of Intentional Infections in Guatemala Ray Suarez speaks with Wellesley College professor Susan Reverby about her discovery of how U.S. scientists did secret syphilis experiments on Guatemalans decades ago.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 20, 2010 Progress, But Less Promise for Development Goals Leaders from around the globe are gathering in New York Monday for the start of a three-day summit on the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Here's a crash course on what those goals are, and where they stand.

	Sept. 14, 2010 Rwanda Sees Gains Against Top Cause of Child Death: Pneumococcal Disease Pneumococcal disease is one of the leading causes of death for children around the world, killing more than 800,000 children younger than 5 every year, according to the World Health Organization.

	Sept. 14, 2010 Update: Haitian Amputee Gets New Leg, New Reason to Dance When the NewsHour team met George Exantus, we were captivated by his story: a prize-winning competitive dancer, he had lost a leg after he was pinned under rubble in the Jan. 12 earthquake. Thanks to donations, he received the sophisticated prosthetic he thought he would never have.

	Sept. 8, 2010 Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization, But Poverty Still Rampant The World Bank says Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing city in the world with a population of 15 million. But as more of the world's impoverished flee to megacities for economic opportunities, the perils of urbanization are being exposed.

	Sept. 6, 2010 Has Aid for Pakistan Flood Crisis Been Enough? Pakistan is struggling to assess the aftermath of its recent flood crisis, and may need more international aid. Jeffery Brown talks to philanthropy and humanitarian experts about whether the aid delivered so far has been enough.

	Sept. 6, 2010 Young Pakistan Flood Victims Face Health Concerns Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports in Pakistan on the potential health and safety concerns for the youngest victims of the country's flooding crisis.

	Sept. 4, 2010 Global Fund Investigates Possible Theft, Sale of Malaria Medication Malaria causes about 1 million deaths around the world each year, but not all the medication donated to fight the disease is reaching its intended targets.



	AUGUST Aug. 27, 2010 Specter of Famine Looms in Pakistan's Floodwaters The immediate need for food and water is crucial for Pakistan's flood victims to survive, but spending more time in unsafe conditions threatens to create long-lasting health issues, homelessness and even famine. Jeffrey Kaye reports from northern Pakistan on the public health nightmare facing flood survivors.

	Aug. 26, 2010 Waterborne Disease Threat Overwhelming Medical Workers in Pakistan Medical personnel in Pakistan are working to control the spread of flood-related waterborne disease, but they face a monumental task as the humanitarian crisis worsens. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports.

	Aug. 23, 2010 Pakistani Aid Effort Hurt by Scale, Terrain, Instability As millions of Pakistanis struggle to meet their basic needs due to widespread flooding, aid groups are running into significant challenges trying to help them. Judy Woodruff talks to Daniel Wordsworth, CEO of the American Refugee Committee, about the myriad challenges aid groups face as they work to help Pakistanis.

	Aug. 23, 2010 On the Ground in Pakistan Amid the Flood Crisis Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye is reporting for the NewsHour in Pakistan this week on the flood crisis there.

	Aug. 19, 2010 U.N., U.S. Officials Highlight Enormity of Pakistan Flooding The situation for Pakistan flood victims grew more desperate Thursday as people waited hours in line for food and water. Since the flooding began nearly three weeks ago, more than 1,500 people have died and millions have been displaced. Jim Lehrer has more.

	Aug. 18, 2010 In Ethiopia, a Daily Struggle for Clean Water In the first in a series of collaborative reports about water problems around the world, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the shortage of potable water in Ethiopia and how the effort required to maintain existing watering points affects millions of people every day.

	Aug. 18, 2010 Pakistan 'Can't Cope Alone' With Massive Flooding The Pakistan government is faced with overwhelming troubles due to the widespread floods, including disease, starvation and death. Some question whether it is able of dealing with this crisis. Gwen Ifill speaks with special correspondent Saima Mohsin in Karachi about what measures the government is taking.

	Aug. 18, 2010 Pakistan Floods: How to Help Amid new headlines on the continued need for humanitarian aid in Pakistan as the country grapples with deadly floods, we've received a few questions on how to help.

	Aug. 16, 2010 What's Behind This Summer's Severe Weather Around the World? It's been a summer of extreme weather: monsoon flooding is wreaking havoc in Pakistan and a persistent heat wave is fueling wildfires and creating health hazards in Russia.

	Aug. 13, 2010 Study: Early Puberty in Girls on the Rise A growing body of research indicates puberty is starting earlier among girls in the United States and Europe, raising new questions about the roles of obesity and exposure to chemicals in accelerating development.

	Aug. 12, 2010 Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant 'Superbugs' Causes Global Concerns A new gene mutation that can make bacteria into "superbugs" capable of resisting almost all antibiotics is spreading from India and Pakistan and popping up around the globe, according to British researchers.

	Aug. 10, 2010 Spinal Fluid Test a New Tool for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease Doctors may be able to reliably predict a person's chance of developing Alzheimer's disease from a simple analysis of their cerebral spinal fluid, according to a study released Monday.

	Aug. 9, 2010 Heat Wave, Wildfires Pummel Russia As wildfires and a record-setting heatwave continue to pummel Russia Monday, death rates in Moscow are also rising as residents navigate smoke-laden streets and record temperatures.

	Aug. 6, 2010 Russia Wheat Export Ban Pushes Prices Near 2-Year High Wheat prices retreated slightly but held near a two-year high Friday in reaction to a Russian announcement banning grain exports through the end of the year due to severe drought and wildfires.

	Aug. 5, 2010 More Rain Forecast for Flood-Ravaged Pakistan The numbers of those affected by the floods in Pakistan have climbed to more than 4 million. The forecast is calling for more monsoon rains for the next three days. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from Punjab Province in the eastern part of the country.

	Aug. 4, 2010 In Rural Pakistan, Flood Victims Feeling Abandoned by Government Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. has already started to send aid to victims of the Pakistan floods, which have been deemed the worst there in 80 years. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the frustrations in a remote Pakistani village.

	Aug. 4, 2010 Slide Show: Pakistan Floodwaters Spread as Death Toll Grows Floodwaters spread Wednesday into Pakistan's populous Punjab province, heightening a humanitarian crisis that has killed more than 1,500 people and left 3.2 million needing food aid and assistance. Watch a slide show of some of the recent devastation.



	JULY July 29, 2010 Keeping Disease at Bay in the Camps of Port-au-Prince The tent camps of Port-au-Prince have all the makings of disease breeding grounds; thousands of people living in temporary shelters, in very close contact, completely reliant on aid for clean water and sanitation services.

	July 23, 2010 Promising Science Highlights From 2010 AIDS Conference This year's International AIDS Conference, drawing to a close Friday, produced among other things a high-profile scientific breakthrough, endless policy discussions and plenty of new research to digest.

	July 22, 2010 UNAIDS: AIDS Funding Faltering at Critical Moment VIENNA, Austria \| Global AIDS leaders continue to call for sustaining and increasing HIV/AIDS funding in the face of the global economic crisis at the International AIDS Conference this week.

	July 21, 2010 Drug Use Accelerating HIV Epidemic in Eastern Europe VIENNA, Austria \| Europe now has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world, due in large part to intravenous drug use, the World Health Organization told the International AIDS Conference in Vienna Wednesday.

	July 20, 2010 Study Reveals Potential Breakthrough for Reducing HIV Among Women A two-year study unveiled in Vienna found that HIV infections in females were cut by 39 percent by using a new vaginal gel. Margaret Warner speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more.

	July 20, 2010 Study Shows Gel Holds Promise for Reducing HIV Risk In a big step forward for the field of HIV prevention, a new study shows for the first time a microbicide gel provided significant protection for women from HIV infection.

	July 15, 2010 In Haiti, Mental Health Still a Concern for Many Quake Survivors In the last of his week-long series of reports from Haiti, Ray Suarez examines the mental health problems survivors are having following January's devastating earthquake.

	July 15, 2010 Port-au-Prince Maternity Clinics Pushed to Limit It's nearly dusk in Port-au-Prince on a recent sweltering summer evening, and four women at the Health Center of Croix des Bouquets are in the early stages of labor.

	July 14, 2010 In Haiti, Amputees Face Different Kind of Healing As part of his latest series of reports from Haiti, Ray Suarez details the road ahead for citizens who lost limbs after the country's devastating earthquake in January.

	July 14, 2010 Haiti Aims to Move Residents Out of Tent Camps, Back Into Habitable Homes With 1.5 million Haitians still living in tent camps, international organizations and the government are struggling to find legally available land for new settlements and ways to decongest the existing camps.

	July 14, 2010 Life in Haiti's Tent Cities All week the NewsHour is reporting on the state of recovery in Haiti, six months after a powerful earthquake devastated the impoverished island nation.

	July 13, 2010 Preval Assesses Haiti's Quake Recovery Ray Suarez talks with Haitian President Rene Preval about the recovery the country still faces, six months after a devastating earthquake.

	July 13, 2010 What Now in Haiti? President Preval Talks with Ray Suarez The temperature has been in the mid-90s, but the humidity makes it feel like it's over 100.

	July 12, 2010 Politics and Aid Intermingle in Haiti's Recovery Margaret Warner talks with Ray Suarez, who has returned to Haiti six months after a devastating earthquake.

	July 12, 2010 Six Months After Quake, Haiti Still Rebuilding Ray Suarez reports on the still-recovering Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where some one million people still remain homeless.

	July 12, 2010 Haiti a Patchwork of Starts and Stops on Quake Recovery Six months after a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti, more than one million people are still homeless and the people of Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions continue to suffer the economic, physical and mental after-effects of the devastating temblor.

	July 9, 2010 Dispatch From Haiti: Getting Back to Work in Port-au-Prince PORT-AU-PRINCE \| Renette Saintjuste stocks a dizzying mix of items for her tiny makeshift shop in the Sant Sportif Dadadou tent camp in Haiti's capital.

	July 8, 2010 Scenes From Haiti, 6 Months After the Earthquake An estimated 1.5 million Haitians were displaced in January's earthquake. Six months later, the majority of that population is still living in tent settlements and the medical infrastructure is still fragile.

	July 7, 2010 Ray Suarez: Returning to the Scene of the Quake in Haiti Soon after January's earthquake rocked Haiti, Ray Suarez visited the stricken country to report on the aftermath. Now, Suarez is returning to see how things are faring six months later.



	JUNE June 29, 2010 Meeting the Promise of 'PlayPumps' for Clean Water Five years ago, Frontline/World correspondent Amy Costello reported on a new kind of water pump being developed in southern Africa. The original report attracted international investors and the so-called "PlayPumps" started rolling out. But, when Costello returned for a follow-up report, she found a less promising scene.

	June 25, 2010 Pakistanis Seek Answers to Water Supply Problems Pakistan's aging irrigation infrastructure and years of little rain are adding up to major problems for farmers, prompting the government to subsidize a new drip-style irrigation system. But some farmers still find it too costly to install.

	June 24, 2010 Fake Drugs A Global Health Threat Fake drugs manufactured to resemble dozens of well-known pharmaceutical brands are making their way across international borders and threatening lives, the World Customs Organization said Thursday.

	June 23, 2010 Study: Cell Phone Towers Not a Cancer Risk to Children There are still unanswered questions about cell phone use and cancer risks, but a new study could alleviate parents of at least one fear.

	June 21, 2010 Hurricane Season Could Bring More Misery to Haiti, Gulf Coast The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a busy 2010 hurricane season, with as many as seven major hurricanes possible.

	June 18, 2010 Mali, Nepal, Guatemala to Benefit From Revamped Global Health Plan The State Department and USAID announced eight focus countries that will get extra help from Obama's proposed six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative Friday.

	June 17, 2010 Haiti's Health Care System Faces a 'Defining Moment' As Haiti continues to rebuild from January's earthquake, educating and training more Haitian doctors and nurses is essential to reviving and restructuring the country's hobbled health system, says the country's health minister.

	June 7, 2010 Forum: Obesity Becoming Global Problem Ray Suarez hosts an online forum with obesity experts and authors Barry Popkin and Michael Power on the causes of weight gain in societies around the world.

	June 3, 2010 Vaccination, Education Key to Stemming Asian Hepatitis Outbreaks Spencer Michels reports on the campaigns to fight hepatitis B among Asian populations worldwide. The potentially fatal liver disease is100 times more likely to afflict Asians than non-Asians.

	June 3, 2010 As China Prospers, New Health Concerns Emerge Ray Suarez wraps up his reporting trip to China on global health issues with a discussion about the health challenges facing the country's growing middle class.

	June 3, 2010 Mississippi 'Food Deserts' Fuel Obesity Epidemic As the government highlights the growing health risks of childhood obesity, Betty Ann Bowser reports from the Mississippi Delta on how so-called "food deserts" keep some communities from access to healthy food.

	June 2, 2010 China Tries to Put Best Foot Forward With Shanghai World Expo As part of his series from China, Ray Suarez reports on the ongoing 2010 Shanghai Expo, where the large and decadent Chinese pavilion captures the country in transition.

	June 2, 2010 Expo Draws Countries Eager for Business in China Several countries pulled out all the stops to impress visitors recently at the Shanghai 2010 Expo, showing off new technology and national treasures.

	June 2, 2010 Q&A: Haiti's Rebuilding Challenges Four Months After Quake As Haiti continues to rebuild more than four months after a devastating earthquake killed 200,000 people and wiped out much of the capital city, the country still faces a number of immediate and longer-term challenges.

	June 1, 2010 For China's Growing Middle Class, Expanding Waistlines Pose Problem In the second in his series of reports from China on global health issues, Ray Suarez reports on the dramatic increase in obesity as the country's growing class of educated and well-paid consumers adopt some Western-style shopping and eating habits.

	June 1, 2010 Reporter's Notebook: Obesity on the Rise in China If one picture from China can tell a story of how this country has changed in the 21st century, it's one of a line of youths boarding a bus in front of a hospital for a field trip. It's a fat reduction hospital. The trip is to a nearby gym. And all the young people are obese.



	MAY May 31, 2010 China Faces Growing Health Crisis from Prevalent Tobacco Use In the first of three global health reports from China, Ray Suarez examines the work of anti-tobacco advocates in China, where the government -- which is a huge producer of tobacco products -- has done little to quash the deadly smoking epidemic.

	May 31, 2010 Reporter's Notebook: China's Conflict of Interest on Tobacco It was interesting, kind of retro, to be in a country where so many people still light up, where so many stores were selling cigarettes, and the telltale odor of smoke, or a just-stubbed out butt, seemed ever present.

	May 31, 2010 World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Rising Number of Female Smokers Women in the developing world could be the next growth market for tobacco companies, the World Health Organization warns on World No Tobacco Day.

	May 24, 2010 Lancet Study: Child Death Rates Dropping Around the World Fewer children are dying around the world each year and the decline in child deaths is accelerating, according to a study published Monday in the Lancet.

	May 20, 2010 Researchers Build First "Synthetic Cell" Researchers have created the first cell powered by a man-made genome, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science.

	May 20, 2010 WHO Plan Targets Role of Marketing, Pricing in Alcohol Abuse World health ministers agreed Thursday that alcohol advertising targeted to young people should be limited, and sponsorships regulated.

	May 19, 2010 Paramedics in the Line of Fire in Mexico's Drug War In the heart of the Mexican drug war in Juarez, emergency medical technicians face unique challenges as they respond to the bloodshed. Global Post reporter Ioan Grillo reports from Mexico.

	May 18, 2010 Relief Organizations Help Haitians Fight Hunger In the second of two reports about the role of relief organizations in rebuilding Haiti, Dave Iverson of KQED San Francisco explores two Haitian-led aid groups that are helping to feed the hungry after the devastating earthquake.

	May 13, 2010 Haiti's Non-Governmental Organizations Fill in for Shattered Government In the first of two reports from Haiti, Dave Iverson of KQED in San Francisco describes Haiti's struggle to rebuild after the earthquake and the crucial role of non-government organizations in the relief effort.

	May 12, 2010 Through a Child's Lens: Two Years After the China Quake On May 12, 2008, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 70,000 people dead and 18,000 missing. In an effort to document what life is like in the region now, the American Red Cross distributed 200 disposable cameras to students for a photo competition.

	May 3, 2010 Q&A: Addressing Mental Health and Trauma in Haiti Nearly four months after the earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 230,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless, mental health workers are trying to help the survivors cope with their feelings of distress, loss and fear.



	APRIL April 30, 2010 WHO: Gonorrhea Could Become Untreatable Gonorrhea may soon become untreatable, due in large part to the misuse of the antibiotics currently used against the sexually transmitted disease, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

	April 23, 2010 In Haiti, a 'Degree of Vibrancy' Seen Amongst Quake Relief Efforts As the rainy season approaches, relief workers in Haiti continue to move displaced people from tent cities into more substantial housing. Judy Woodruff talks to KQED reporter Dave Iverson about the continuing relief efforts, 100 days after the disaster.

	April 22, 2010 Ethiopia's Abundant Farming Investments Leave Many Still Hungry In Ethiopia, farms backed by foreign investors are growing with abundance, while native farmers subsist on food aid. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports about the unlikely abundance in a land known for famine.

	April 22, 2010 Photo Essay: Drug Violence in Juarez The city of Juarez, Mexico, across the border and a short drive from El Paso, has become known as Mexico's "murder capital," at the epicenter of drug violence that has plagued the country and escalated since 2008.

	April 14, 2010 Study Finds Big Drop in Global Maternal Deaths The number of women dying from childbirth has dropped dramatically -- by about 35 percent -- around the world since 1980, according to a new study released Monday by the Lancet.

	April 7, 2010 Health Workers Push to Eradicate Guinea Worm Parasite in Sudan Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Sudan about a painful and debilitating parasite called the guinea worm and efforts by health workers and the Carter Center to eradicate it.

	April 7, 2010 Eradicating Guinea Worm, Step-by-Step Poverty rarely gets more degrading than when people are forced to drink from the same muddy ponds as livestock and wild animals. Yet this was a common scene on my most recent visit to Southern Sudan and rural Ethiopia.

	April 1, 2010 In Peru, 'Elite' AIDS Patients Boost Vaccine Research Efforts In the final report in his series about health issues in Peru, Ray Suarez reports on the country's war on AIDS through research on rare patients whose bodies can effectively suppress the virus.

	April 1, 2010 Life as an HIV Elite Controller Washington, D.C., resident Bob Hoff has been HIV positive for more than 25 years, but has no detectable viral load and has never had to take medication. Over the years he has seen many friends die of AIDS, but his disease has never progressed.

	April 1, 2010 Billions in Aid Pledged to Haiti: What Comes Next? A U.N.-sponsored donor conference in Haiti exceeded expectations and generated nearly $10 billion in pledges to help Haiti recover from a Jan. 12 earthquake. Monika Kalra Varma, director of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, talks about what comes next.

	April 1, 2010 HIV: A Killer... Under Control? Ray Suarez writes about meeting several HIV elite controllers, people who have been HIV positive for years but have no viral load and do not progress.



	MARCH March 31, 2010 Peru Eyes Innovations in Rural Maternity Health As part of his continuing series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on how government strategies to reduce deaths from childbirth among indigenous women who live far from health services could also help women in other Latin American countries.

	March 31, 2010 Rice: Nations Reaffirm Cooperation Pledge for Haiti With hundreds of thousands of Haitians still displaced by the earthquake, the nation is urgently seeking aid from the international community. Judy Woodruff talks to United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice about the donors conference aimed at underwriting much of the rebuilding.

	March 31, 2010 Haiti Donors Urge Transparency in Relief Spending Haiti is asking the international community for $3.8 billion in aid to rebuild its torn infrastructure. Judy Woodruff reports on the international donor conference in New York and the U.S.'s pledge of $1.1 billion over the next two years.

	March 31, 2010 Loans Provide Opportunity for TB Patients in Peru During Oscar Ccencho Huamani's three-year battle with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, he was forced to quit his job because he was too weak to work. Like so many other recovered TB patients living in Peru, he needed an income desperately to buy food and stay healthy.

	March 31, 2010 Haiti Recovery Effort Boosted by Billions in Pledges at U.N. Conference Representatives of 130 countries met Wednesday in New York to pledge support and funding for Haiti's vast rebuilding effort following its devastating January earthquake.

	March 30, 2010 Haiti's 'Tap Tap' Bus Art Flourishes After Quake In the second part of a series of reports from Haiti, Adam Davidson of NPR's "Planet Money" reports on how the Haitian tradition of displaying vibrant, painstaking artistry on commuter buses continues to flourish after the earthquake.

	March 30, 2010 Peru Nurtures Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty In the first part of a series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on a growing and business friendly environment in a country rebounding from economic instability and deep debt just twenty years ago.

	March 29, 2010 Haitian Entrepreneurs Build Micro-Economies in Tent City Nearly three months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, small businesses are springing up within the tent communities housing displaced people. Adam Davidson of NPR'S "Planet Money" reports on the entrepreneurs who are kick-starting the local economy.

	March 29, 2010 In Peru, Life for the Life-Givers Imagine entering the final weeks of pregnancy knowing if there were problems in labor and childbirth, you were hours, sometimes days, from the nearest medical help.

	March 25, 2010 Peru Weighs Low Cost Options to Tackle Deadly Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer is one of the main causes of death for women in Peru, where screening for the disease is sporadic. Now, health workers are considering low-tech and low-cost options that could make a difference in poor rural areas.

	March 18, 2010 In Ethiopia, a Daily Struggle for Clean Water In the first in a series of collaborative reports about water problems around the world, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the shortage of potable water in Ethiopia and how the effort required to maintain existing watering points affects millions of people every day.

	March 18, 2010 Preview: Peru Profits From Resources, Geography Ray Suarez recently traveled to Peru for a series of reports that will examine the country's health issues as well its economy -- including its evolution from a widely erratic marketplace to a more stable economy that encourages private investment and new trade partnerships.

	March 16, 2010 Peru: Growth in a Time of Recession Peru was once a stereotypical victim of multiple Latin American diseases. Poorly performing state industries ran up huge losses, driving the state to over-borrow and further weaken an already shaky currency.

	March 10, 2010 Haiti's Government: What Should Its Next Moves Be? As Haitian President Rene Preval met with President Barack Obama Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake, the PBS NewsHour asked three experts how Haiti's government should proceed with the massive task of recovery.

	March 8, 2010 Ray Suarez: Peru Making Gains Despite Global Economic Crisis Just back from a reporting trip to Peru, Ray Suarez sat down with Hari Sreenivasan to share his observations of the South American country, which is experiencing economic growth despite the global recession.

	March 5, 2010 Droughts Feed Hunger Crisis and Violence in Sudan Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sudan, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death.

	March 4, 2010 Children in Sudan Rely on Field Hospital for Food In February, NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nicole See visited a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a remote part of southern Sudan, where patients often walk for miles to get treatment.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 26, 2010 Lima Women Find Opportunity in Knitting Circle Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit.

	Feb. 25, 2010 Haiti: Earthquake Survivors Deal With Grief Hidden beneath the staggering death toll from the January quake in Haiti are the survivors, like Varnek-Edouard Bazile, an English teacher who rescued 20 students before making it back to his home, which had collapsed on his wife and two children.

	Feb. 24, 2010 African Nations Contribute What They Can to Haitian Relief In the weeks that followed the devastating earthquake in Haiti, a number of African countries -- long considered the most impoverished in the world -- responded by pledging millions of dollars in quake assistance.

	Feb. 18, 2010 U.N. Under-Secretary General Updates Needs in Haiti Nearly 600,000 people are still without shelter as the rains begin to fall in Port-au-Prince. Ray Suarez speaks to Under-Secretary General John Holmes of the United Nations about Haiti's long journey of rebuilding ahead and the state of the relief effort.

	Feb. 18, 2010 Tough, Low-Cost Wheelchairs Needed in Haiti Spencer Michels reports on efforts in San Francisco to design and build heavy-duty, low-cost wheelchairs for use in the rough terrain of Haiti and around the third world.

	Feb. 17, 2010 Haiti Releases 8 U.S. Missionaries A judge in Haiti has freed eight of the 10 American missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping after trying to bring 33 child survivors of last month's earthquake to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

	Feb. 17, 2010 Economic Cost of Haiti Quake Could Hit $14 Billion Recovery from the January earthquake that is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of Haitians and left even more homeless could cost up to $14 billion, according to Latin America's main development bank.

	Feb. 16, 2010 Haiti Quake Propels Use of Twitter as Disaster-Relief Tool After the massive earthquake in Haiti, Kate Starbird, a University of Colorado graduate student, and her colleagues decided to launch a project called "Tweak the Tweet." The objective: to repurpose tweets to connect people with emergency needs with those who can provide it.

	Feb. 12, 2010 Aid Groups Hope Showers, Latrines Stop Disease Preventing the spread of disease in Haiti's quake-damaged cities, where thousands have taken refuge in temporary camps, is a formidable task in a country that already posed sanitation challenges. William Fellows, UNICEF's global water, sanitation and hygiene coordinator, explains.

	Feb. 10, 2010 Olympic Athletes, Fans Offered H1N1 Vaccination by Host B.C. British Columbia is offering an interesting gift to athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Vancouver-- a free H1N1 shot.

	Feb. 10, 2010 Two Hours in Haiti: Relief Flights Held to Rapid Pace For weeks following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, a steady stream of airplanes stuffed with medical and other relief supplies shuttled in and out of the Port-au-Prince airport.

	Feb. 8, 2010 In Haiti, Recovery Hinges on Fixing Government Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding efforts.

	Feb. 8, 2010 Aid Groups in Haiti Launch Massive Vaccination Effort With conditions on the ground ripe for a disease outbreak, aid groups in Haiti have launched a campaign to vaccinate more than 100,000 people against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Emma Murphy of ITN reports.

	Feb. 5, 2010 Dispatch from Haiti: Baby Jenny's Journey Kathie Klarreich, a freelance writer, sent us the story of one child's rescue from the earthquake rubble in Haiti, her transfer to the United States for medical treatment, and her family's eager anticipation of her return.

	Feb. 4, 2010 'Suffering Everywhere': Ray Suarez Reflects on Reporting in Haiti After returning from Port-au-Prince, senior correspondent Ray Suarez dropped by The Rundown to describe what it was like covering Haiti's earthquake recovery efforts, saying the terribleness of the situation was difficult to capture in words or pictures.

	Feb. 4, 2010 Haiti Looks to Rebuild Shattered Government Haiti's leaders are turning toward rebuilding its shattered government as earthquake recovery continues. Ray Suarez reports.

	Feb. 4, 2010 American Missionaries in Haiti Charged with Abduction The American missionaries detained in Haiti last week for trying to take 33 children to neighboring Dominican Republic have been charged with abduction and criminal association, according to prosecutors.

	Feb. 4, 2010 Journal Retracts Study Backing Vaccine-Autism Link This week, the British medical journal the Lancet formally retracted a 1998 study that helped set off the debate over the safety of vaccines and whether they may be connected to later diagnoses of autism in children.

	Feb. 3, 2010 Haiti Scrambles to Find Shelter for Quake Survivors Haiti's heavy spring rains are getting closer, but as Ray Suarez reports, millions of earthquake survivors are still living in Port-au-Prince under rigged up tarps and bedsheets.

	Feb. 3, 2010 Haitian Government Strives to Regain Footing After Quake As part of the NewsHour's recent reporting trip to Haiti, the country's Minister of Tourism Patrick Delatour, who also heads the reconstruction commission, spoke with Ray Suarez about the government's reaction to the quake and the outpouring of international aid.

	Feb. 2, 2010 In Haiti's Aftermath, Interest in Adoption Spikes Since last month's earthquake, there has been an exodus of young children from Haiti to new homes in the U.S. Tom Bearden reports.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Haiti's Quake Leaves Behind a Generation of Child Amputees In the wake of last month's horrifying earthquake, Port-au-Prince's hospitals are packed full of children with missing limbs. Emma Murphy of Independent Television News reports.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Haiti Puts Brakes on New Adoptions In the wake of the arrest of ten American missionaries in Haiti detained on charges of illegally trying to take 33 children out of the country, aid groups are reinforcing the need to account for lone children after a disaster like the January earthquake, and give them time to be reunited with surviving family members.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Jacmel Rises From Rubble in Haiti The seaside town of Jacmel was badly damaged by the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. Soon after, however, micro-enterprises popped up and rebuilding began in the shattered town, reports American Red Cross volunteer Winnie Romeril.

	Feb. 1, 2010 With Parents Missing, Haiti's Child Survivors in Limbo Jeffrey Brown talks to Mandalit del Barco of National Public Radio in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for an update on the state of earthquake recovery, from food distribution to disputes over orphaned children.

	Feb. 1, 2010 Detention of Americans in Haiti Renews Adoption Concerns Ten American missionaries have been detained in Haiti for allegedly trying to take 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republican without the proper documents.

	Feb. 1, 2010 For Some, a Long Wait to Leave Haiti Long lines form outside the immigration and emigration office in Port-au-Prince each day as Haitians wait hours, or even days, to apply for new passports or to replace old ones destroyed or lost in the Jan. 12 earthquake.



	JANUARY Jan. 29, 2010 With Businesses Destroyed, Haiti's Capital a 'Cashless City' The realities of the Port-au-Prince economy have become brutally simple. With most businesses now gone, banks still closed, and thousands jobless, the city is virtually cashless. Ray Suarez reports from Haiti.

	Jan. 29, 2010 Gates Pledges $10 Billion for Vaccines In the largest philanthropic commitment ever made by a foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to spend $10 billion over the next decade on vaccine development and delivery.

	Jan. 29, 2010 President Preval: Solutions Will Come From 'Within Haiti' Sometimes, the best things happen in the news business when you just happen to be at an optimal place, at an optimal moment.

	Jan. 28, 2010 Haiti's Preval Striving for Normalcy Amid Chaos Since the collapse of the National Palace in the Jan. 12 earthquake, the Haitian leadership has been without a home. In an interview with Ray Suarez, the nation's president, Rene Preval, talks about his efforts to return a sense of normalcy to Haiti.

	Jan. 28, 2010 Fifteen Days Below Rubble: Final Quake Survivor in Haiti? Robert Moore of Independent Television News reports on the dramatic rescue of a teenage girl in Haiti more than two weeks after the quake.

	Jan. 27, 2010 Two Weeks On, Most Haitians Still Lack Basics Two weeks into the recovery effort in Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to simply exist. Ray Suarez speaks with Margaret Warner from Haiti about the uneven relief effort.

	Jan. 27, 2010 Shelter, Help for Amputees Among Pressing Challenges in Haiti Ray Suarez is reporting from Haiti for the NewsHour. The Rundown blog caught up with him between stories to get his thoughts on what he is seeing as the country struggles with the rebuilding process.

	Jan. 26, 2010 Rebuilding Health Care System Major Hurdle for Haiti Ray Suarez reports on how Haitian and international medical teams are wrestling over whether to discharge earthquake victims who have been treated, but don't have homes where they could continue their recovery.

	Jan. 26, 2010 At Factory in Haiti, Garment Work Becomes Lifeline If the idea is that somebody had to make the first move to restart the virtuous cycle of work and spending by creating more work, the garment manufacturers in Haiti are stepping up.

	Jan. 26, 2010 The NewsHour in Haiti The PBS NewsHour has a team on the ground in Haiti reporting on the country's next steps in caring for its wounded and homeless, after January's devastating quake. Producer Joanne Elgart Jennings shares her observations from the field.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Delivery of Aid Remains the U.N.'s Toughest Job in Haiti Ray Suarez talks to the United Nations' deputy special envoy to Haiti about the obstacles facing aid workers in Port-au-Prince, where thousands require urgent care.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Two Weeks Later, Many Haitians Still Waiting for Aid Kwame Holman updates the situation in Haiti, where aid workers continue to struggle to reach quake survivors in urgent need.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Ray Suarez: Haiti's Injured Make Their Way to Cange What constitutes good news in the midst of a tragedy like Haiti's? Today the NewsHour team headed out to Haiti's massive central plateau to see an operation that has stretched its modest resources to fit an oversized disaster.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Conference Looks to Future of Haiti Reconstruction Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive sought international commitments to aid his country in recovery from this month's devastating earthquake, saying it would take at least 5 to 10 years of reconstruction efforts.

	Jan. 24, 2010 Ray Suarez: Scenes of Loss and Resilience in Haiti Ray Suarez and a team from the NewsHour are in Port-au-Prince, reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake that has ravaged the Haitian captial and turned the eyes of the world back to the story of Haiti's larger struggle for survival.

	Jan. 23, 2010 'Green Shoots' of the Next Haiti Start to Poke Through The "Haiti Story" isn't just one story any more ... it's two. One is a country still stunned by the scale of death and destruction. The other is the country that is figuring out how to cope with the jaw-dropping tragedy that started in fault lines way under ground.

	Jan. 22, 2010 In Haiti, Efforts Turn to Relocating Quake Survivors Haiti's government said Friday that some 400,000 survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake would be relocated to cleaner tent villages outside Port-au-Prince to prevent disease in the current makeshift camps.

	Jan. 22, 2010 Haiti Quake Victims Seek Help on Border Ray Suarez reports from a hospital organized by the Pan American Health Organization in the Dominican Republic, where many Haitians are seeking refuge after last week's earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 22, 2010 In Search of Shelter, Haitians Flee Port-au-Prince Haitian officials reported that some 200,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince as the government considers building new tent cities outside the capital. Margaret Warner speaks with Jay Newton Small of TIME magazine.

	Jan. 21, 2010 In Port-au-Prince, Scenes of Death Still Pervasive Margaret Warner talks to Martin Smith of Frontline about Haiti's economic forecast after last week's massive earthquake.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Hunger, Disease Threaten Aid Efforts in Haiti Aid workers' ranks are swiftly growing in Haiti, where 12,000 U.S. forces are now stationed off the country's coast and on the ground. But the scene in Port-au-Prince continues to deteriorate as people fight off hunger and disease.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Quick Take: Should the U.S. Change Policy on Haiti? As Haiti recovers from an earthquake on Jan. 12 that flattened much of Port-au-Prince, several Haiti specialists considered the question: Should any U.S. policies on Haiti change, either in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, or longer term?

	Jan. 20, 2010 'Comfort' Hospital Ship Arrives to Bolster Haiti Response Relief efforts were ramped up today in Haiti with the arrival of the U.S. Navy hospital ship "Comfort," which is equipped with 550 medical staff. Margaret Warner speaks with NPR reporter Jason Beaubien for the latest on the relief efforts in the Port-au-Prince area.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Aftershock Renews Fears For Haiti Quake Survivors Jon Snow of Independent Television News looks at the ongoing relief efforts in Port-au-Prince and the suffering endured by thousands of victims fighting to survive.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Aftershock Rattles Haiti One Week After Quake A powerful 6.0 aftershock rippled through Haiti as victims continue to be rescued and aid workers struggle to aid survivors of last week's earthquake.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Strong Aftershock Rattles Haiti As relief efforts continue to build in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit the country Wednesday morning, knocking debris from buildings and sending people scrambling for open ground.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Newly Orphaned Children Among Major Concerns in Haiti The earthquake that devastated Haiti last week has left thousands of children without parents in a country where there were already estimated to be hundreds of thousands of orphans before the quake.

	Jan. 19, 2010 U.S Military Plays High-Profile Role in Haiti Relief Effort Some 800 U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, in addition to members of the Army's 82nd Airborne division. As the U.S. troop presence builds there, Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the military's mission in the relief effort.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Lessons Emerge from Quake Relief Effort in Haiti One week after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, Gwen Ifill speaks with Jon Andrus of the Pan American Health Organization about which aspects of the international response have worked and which have failed.

	Jan. 19, 2010 As Haiti Waits on Aid, Survivors Wonder Who's in Charge At one hospital just across from the Port-au-Prince airport, medical workers can see aid entering Haiti but still do not have access to it. Jonathan Rugman of ITN examines how confusion over who is leading the relief effort is slowing the distribution of aid.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Security Challenges Plague Aid Effort's Growth in Haiti More much-needed aid arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, but aid organizations reported security has increasingly become a serious obstacle to distribution. ITN's Jon Snow reports.

	Jan. 19, 2010 A Photographer's Reflection on Life in Haiti Freelance photographer Don Mirra, who often works with humanitarian organizations, has traveled to Haiti several times, most recently in 2007.

	Jan. 19, 2010 U.S. Military Presence Continues to Build in Haiti U.S. Black Hawk helicopters touched down on the grounds of Haiti's wrecked presidential palace Tuesday to deploy troops and supplies as the international aid efforts continue to gain momentum.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Students from Haiti's Only Film School Keep Their Cameras Rolling When New York filmmaker Annie Nocenti became the first teacher at Cine Institute, Haiti's only film school, two years ago, she was excited to see what her students would capture. Last Tuesday, her students faced their most challenging test when a powerful earthquake ravaged the island.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Texting for Charity: Cell Phone Users Sending Relief for Haiti In just five days, the Red Cross has raised more than $21 million for the relief effort in Haiti through text messages. As Tom Bearden reports, cellphones have emerged as the new big player in charitable giving.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Relief Effort Improves in Haiti While Security Concerns Linger In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten discusses the pace of the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, security concerns in the capital, and complaints about U.S. management at the Port-au-Prince airport.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Aid Groups Look to Break up Bottlenecks After Haiti Quake While 7,000 U.S. forces were scheduled to be in Haiti by the end of Monday, the U.N. is seeking to send additional peacekeepers to help break bottlenecks choking the aid effort. Jon Snow of ITN reports.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Six Days Without Sunlight: Woman Survives in Bank's Rubble The arrival of fresh aid was a welcome sight in Haiti on Monday, but aid workers struggled to get food, water, and medical supplies to survivors of last week's earthquake. Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on one woman's unlikely survival story.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Salvation Army Disaster Chief: 'Not One More Day Without Food' For an update on earthquake relief distribution and the security situation in Haiti, we checked back this afternoon with Bob Poff, an emergency relief coordinator with the Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Security Fears Prompt Some to Flee Haitian Capital The flow of aid workers, troops and medical personnel into Haiti increased Monday, as thousands of quake victims continue to clamor for relief amid the devastation of last week's temblor.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Donations to Haiti Relief Effort Top $150 Million Charitable and relief organizations have been inundated with donations since last week's devastating earthquake struck Haiti, and a report by the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Saturday suggests that the money raised thus far vastly exceeds what was raised immediately after other international catastrophes.

	Jan. 17, 2010 In Haiti's Grim Landscape, Stories of Survival, Frustration Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still waiting desperately for aid Sunday, while rescue workers continued to pull people from collapsed buildings five days after an earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 17, 2010 Obama Authorizes Military Reserves for Haiti Response President Barack Obama Sunday issued an executive order mobilizing selected military reserves, including medical staff to work from hospital ships and Coast Guard personnel, to bolster aid efforts in Haiti.

	Jan. 16, 2010 'Race Against Time' to Distribute Haitian Relief As supplies continued to stack up at Haiti's airport Saturday, aid workers and officials pushed to get the much-needed provisions to the masses of earthquake survivors in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 16, 2010 Obama, Bush, Clinton Join Forces for Haiti Appeal President Barack Obama joined predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the White House Saturday to announce a fundraising appeal to benefit Haiti in "one of the largest relief efforts in our history," Mr. Obama said.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Sights and Sounds of the Haiti Disaster Friday's NewsHour ended with a look at the sights and sounds of the Haiti earthquake disaster.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Slide Show: Haiti's Crushing Quake Haiti's earthquake was "a catastrophe of monumental proportions," said Nick Birnback, spokesman for the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The Caribbean nation was still mending from a series of major storms in 2008 and deep-seated political problems when the quake struck.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Ambassador: 'We're Going to Have Some Order in Haiti' Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, discusses how the Haitian government is responding to the crisis even though many of its workers are quake victims as well.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Brazil Spearheading U.N. Peacekeeping Efforts in Haiti U.N. Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy discusses the 9,000-person U.N. force in Haiti, which is being led by Brazilian soldiers.

	Jan. 15, 2010 NewsHour Coverage of Haiti, On-air and Online Find NewsHour broadcast and online coverage of the earthquake diaster in Haiti.

	Jan. 15, 2010 U.S., World Assembling Help for Haiti Kwame Holman reports on how the United States is responding to help Haiti, and then Jeffrey Brown talks to a Los Angeles Times reporter about international efforts on the ground.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Many Americans Among Dead, Missing in Haiti Quake Up to 50,000 Americans live in Haiti, and six are now confirmed dead with many more missing. Bill Neely of ITN has more on how U.S. citizens have been affected.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Staggering Death Toll Continues to Climb in Haiti The scene in Port-au-Prince worsened with casualty estimates climbing and survivors begging for relief. Independent Television News reports on the staggering human toll of the earthquake.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Clinton: Haiti's 'Ironic' Twist of Fate Embodied in Monday NewsHour Report During a press briefing late Friday afternoon, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took questions on the relief effort in Haiti and announced plans to travel to the beleaguered country on Saturday.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Journalist: Anger, But No Violence Seen in Haiti We caught up again Friday with freelance journalist Ansel Herz, a radio reporter who has been living in Haiti for the last four months.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Haiti's Crushing Quake Haiti's earthquake was "a catastrophe of monumental proportions," describes Nick Birnback of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The Caribbean nation was still mending from a series of major storms in 2008 and deep-seated political problems when the quake struck.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Waiting for News From Haiti in Brooklyn The Haitians and Haitian-Americans of New York can see the newsstand photos of unimaginable suffering. They watch hour after hour of the television coverage that is now flowing freely from Port au Prince.

	Jan. 14, 2010 In U.S., Haitian Expats Relying on Each Other for Support Ray Suarez takes a look at Haitians living in the United States and how they are coping with the devastating earthquake, which has made contacting loved ones on the island nearly impossible.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Global Humanitarian Response Critical to Haiti The death toll in Haiti is on the rise, with some 50,000 people feared dead and three million more injured or homeless. Judy Woodruff talks to Helene Gayle of Care USA about the humanitarian effort underway.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Clinton: U.S. Committed to Haiti's Recovery Jim Lehrer speaks with former President Bill Clinton about the U.S. response to the Haitian earthquake, and its pledge to provide $100 million in aid.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Haiti's Cruel Twist of Fate Just as Haiti was beginning to turn the economic corner, disaster struck. Judy Woodruff examines how the timing of the earthquake is especially catastrophic considering the country's slow recovery from its rocky past.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Quake Victims Struggle to Find Clean Water Hari Sreenivasan gets a report from Matthew Marek, head of programs for the Red Cross in Haiti, about the problems aid organizations are having providing relief to the earthquake victims.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Haitians Start Burials, But Basic Needs Still Lacking Judy Woodruff gets on-the-ground reports from Tony Winton, a broadcast reporter for the Associated Press, and Bob Poff, divisional director of disaster services for the Salvation Army.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Desperation Mounts in Haiti as Aid Begins to Arrive On the second day after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, planes began to arrive with aid while Haitians continued to search through the rubble of buildings for survivors.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Haiti: A Haunting History Lesson In all the public statements we've heard about the Haitian tragedy -- from President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or USAID chief Rajiv Shah -- no one had mentioned a key concern underlying the aggressive U.S. response.

	Jan. 14, 2010 NPR Reporter: Relatively Minor Injuries Proving Fatal for Quake Victims NPR correspondent Carrie Kahn called us late this afternoon from Haiti, where she has been covering treatment of quake victims and the frantic search for survivors in the hills around Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Salvation Army Disaster Chief: Bodies 'Piled Up Like Cordwood' We spoke this afternoon with Bob Poff, the Salvation Army's divisional director of disaster services in Haiti, via Skype. Poff's apartment was destroyed and he and his wife lost most of their belongings.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Hours From Epicenter, 'Secondary Stresses' for Haitian Hospital We received an e-mail Wednesday from Ian Rawson, managing director of Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti -- a 100-bed referral hospital in central Haiti's Artibonite Valley three hours north of Port-au-Prince -- about what he was witnessing.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Scenes of Destruction in Haiti, From Above Images of this week's massive earthquake in Haiti are now flowing out of the country as aid workers and journalists flow in. What we have seen so far confirms the obvious: devastation is massive and widespread. Buildings collapsed. Homes destroyed. A country once inching back from the abyss has been thrown violently back.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Text Donations a Boon for Haiti Relief Effort As Haiti continues to reel from Tuesday's devastating earthquake, Americans are donating to the relief effort in droves, and for the first time ever, tens of thousands are doing so via text message.

	Jan. 14, 2010 Haiti at Risk for Disease Outbreaks Treating the injured is still the first priority in Port au Prince, but experts are raising the alarm about the urgent need to address other health issues before it's too late.

	Jan. 14, 2010 U.S. Pledges $100 Million for Haiti Quake Relief President Obama spoke in the diplomatic room of the White House for the second time in as many days Thursday to address the U.S. government's ongoing response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti this week.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Digging Through Rubble, Haitians Hunt for Signs of Life After speaking with us earlier by phone, we were able to establish a Skype video connection with journalist Ansel Herz who has been covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 13, 2010 U.S. Pledges 'Full Support' to Earthquake Victims in Haiti Margaret Warner explores how international groups are mobilizing emergency help for Haiti, and then Jim Lehrer speaks with Dr. Rajiv Shah of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

	Jan. 13, 2010 U.N.: Humanitarian Response Will be Swift Jim Lehrer speaks with United Nations Undersecretary-General John Holmes, who is in charge of humanitarian affairs, about the U.N. plan to help Haiti recover from the earthquake.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Medical Aid Unable to Reach Many Earthquake Victims Gwen Ifill speaks with two guests about the logistical challenges of getting medical care and other aid to quake victims in Haiti.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Haiti Stunned by Scope of Earthquake Destruction One day after a devastating 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, the impoverished nation struggled to rescue the injured and aid the displaced. Judy Woodruff recaps the aftermath and ongoing rescue efforts.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Scientists Explain Geology of Haiti Earthquake Tuesday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake was the largest recorded in Haiti since 1770, but more than a dozen quakes of that size have shaken the country's Caribbean neighbors repeatedly over the past centuries.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Thousands Feared Dead as World Rushes to Respond to Haiti Disaster The damage and casualties caused by a major earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday continued to unfold a day later, and thousands were feared dead or trapped in the rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's president said.

	Jan. 13, 2010 How Job Numbers Stack Up Across Patchwork Nation In his latest visit to the Rundown, Patchwork Nation's Dante Chinni discussed how unemployment rates in some U.S. communities have fared over the last year, how income disparities break down across the country and how it all may impact the shape of political battlegrounds for the mid-term elections.

	Jan. 13, 2010 In Port-au-Prince, Haitians Aid Each Other Amid Slow Quake Rescue Efforts Ansel Herz, a Texas native and freelance journalist, spoke to us this afternoon from outside a U.N. peacekeepers' base in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where he has been living for four months.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Raw Footage: Earthquake Disaster in Port-au-Prince, Haiti This raw footage from APTN shows the damage at the United Nation's office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after Tuesday's devastating earthquake.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Outpouring of Aid Follows Enormous Haiti Quake Pledges for financial aid and rescue workers for Haiti are pouring in from around the globe, as aid organizations on the ground start to assess the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis left in the wake of Tuesday's devastating quake.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Creedon: Just Before Quake, 'Signs of Progress' in Haiti Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Va., has been visiting Haiti for 19 years and left Port-au-Prince Tuesday morning -- just hours before the massive quake struck there.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Initial U.S. Effort Focused on Saving Lives The top coordinator for the U.S. response to the massive earthquake in Haiti said the government's first priority is to direct resources toward finding and rescuing people trapped by the earthquake.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Obama: U.S. Coordinating Swift Response to Haitian Earthquake President Barack Obama pledged this morning that the United States would offer a rapid response to help Haiti dig out from the "especially cruel and incomprehensible" 7.0 earthquake that shook the Caribbean nation on Tuesday.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Haiti Relief Effort: How to Contribute or readers looking to contribute to the relief effort in Haiti, here are a few of the organizations collecting donations.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Haiti Braces for Massive Casualties in Aftermath of Earthquake Haiti is bracing for massive casualties Wednesday morning as international aid groups scramble to piece together a response to the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck the island nation late Tuesday afternoon.

	Jan. 13, 2010 U.S. to Dispatch Search Teams, Emergency Supplies to Haiti Early Wednesday morning, the U.S. government planned to take an aerial assessment of the damage in Haiti's earthquake zone near the capital Port-au-Prince and send search and rescue teams, along with food, water and temporary shelters.

	Jan. 13, 2010 Exclusive \| Haitian Presidential Adviser: 'The Damage is Enormous' The massive earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon devastated the capital Port-au-Prince, crumbling buildings and leaving roads nearly impassable due to debris and people flooding the streets.

	Jan. 12, 2010 Strong Quake, Aftershocks Strike Haiti A major earthquake struck the country of Haiti on Tuesday, registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and reportedly centered 14 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

	Jan. 7, 2010 With H1N1 Vaccine Now Abundant, Flu Fears Ease With the H1N1 vaccine no longer in short supply, the crowds that once lined clinics nationwide are now gone. But has the rush to get vaccinated slowed too soon? Ray Suarez reports.

	Jan. 7, 2010 H1N1 Vaccine Reaching Poorer Nations as Flu Fears Continue to Wane Developing nations will begin receiving donated H1N1 vaccine Thursday, just as the U.S. shortage is waning and some European nations find themselves with more vaccine than they can handle.

	Jan. 1, 2010 Eye Hospital in India Restores Sight with Free Surgeries Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the Aravind system of eye hospitals and clinics that subsidizes sight-restoring surgery for impoverished patients and provides top-of-the-line care for patients who can pay.

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