Haitian food is often lumped together with other Caribbean islands as Caribbean cuisine.. However, Haiti maintains an independently unique flavor. Unlike its Spanish-influenced counterpart, the Dominican Republic, Haitian cuisine is based on Creole and French cooking styles.
Below are short explanations of these five deadly diseases and what to expect if you or a family member develop one. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection most often found in the lungs, but it can also be found in the lymphatic system and other vital organs. TB bacteria cause death of tissue in body organs they infect.
Everyone knows the first one: smallpox. But you probably wonât guess the second one: rinderpest, a deadly livestock virus last seen in 2001, which has just been declared to be eradicated. The rinderpest virus caused several epidemics. Of course science and health surveillance have a way to go. There are about 100,000 human diseases that have been described, by one estimate. If only we were as efficient at snuffing out diseases as we are, apparently, at eradicating species.