Recently, Hurricane Matthew struck and destroyed many villages and lots of people’s lives in Haiti. Moreover, the hurricane reinforced people’s mind in recovering from natural disasters. Many people are still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. What we learned from the previous experience as mentioned in one article from New York Times, “The lessons of wasted aid, and its duplicative and disorganized delivery, have grounded the government’s belief that what is done this time must be sustainable” (Ahmed, 2016). Based on the situation in Haiti, basic medical care should be considered as a human right. However, the government, organization and international community need to be more helpful, mindful, and careful when giving help to Haiti. It
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The international community plays a role as a leader in taking care of the victims of the natural disaster. The international community should take this problem seriously and deal with these kinds of epidemics scientifically. There should be a functional system that allows Haitians participate and contribute their ability to make money and pay their bill. The governments can provide some jobs on helping to allocating food and transporting supply. As discussed before, educating manpower is important to improve the living situations. Doctors and nurses in Haiti shall get excellent training and work in the local hospitals. The government can also teach people skills and let them help with constructing the new facilities and infrastructure. Moreover, the international community needs to help apply these solutions being executed. As discussed in chapter 2, Pathologies of Power, Paul Farmer compared national policies act the U.S. response to two different groups of refugees in Haiti and in Cuba, displaying that most of the time, nations treats people in different manners (Farmer, 2003, p. 59). When giving the title of the human right to medical care and health service, the international community and nations need to take responsibility to everyone instead of treating them separately in different attitudes. Every human being needs shall have access to medical
The international community plays a role as a leader in taking care of the victims of the natural disaster. The international community should take this problem seriously and deal with these kinds of epidemics scientifically. There should be a functional system that allows Haitians participate and contribute their ability to make money and pay their bill. The governments can provide some jobs on helping to allocating food and transporting supply. As discussed before, educating manpower is important to improve the living situations. Doctors and nurses in Haiti shall get excellent training and work in the local hospitals. The government can also teach people skills and let them help with constructing the new facilities and infrastructure. Moreover, the international community needs to help apply these solutions being executed. As discussed in chapter 2, Pathologies of Power, Paul Farmer compared national policies act the U.S. response to two different groups of refugees in Haiti and in Cuba, displaying that most of the time, nations treats people in different manners (Farmer, 2003, p. 59). When giving the title of the human right to medical care and health service, the international community and nations need to take responsibility to everyone instead of treating them separately in different attitudes. Every human being needs shall have access to medical