international

International and national news outlets have been reporting Haiti’s cholera outbreak. According to the BBC, the death toll has reached nearly 300, and so far at least 4,000 people have been treated for infection. January’s earthquake had serious and lasting impacts on Haiti’s infrastructure and sanitation conditions, so the emerging stories of public health problems are not so much news as a feared but predictable result.

Camino published this great post about abortion in Mexico, the campaigns that support it, and its contrast to congress' approach to abortion and taxpayer dollars in the state.

"Mexico City pays for early abortion for any women who seeks it. Contrast that to the U.S. healthcare reform efforts, which have devolved into a debate over how best to reassure taxpayers that federal funds will not be used to pay for women to access abortion."