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upon
 existing
 literature
 on
 this
 topic.
 The
 op-­‐
ed
 is
 an
 editorial
 commentary
 written
 for

publication
 in
 a
 US
 newspaper.
 It
 expresses
 a

persuasive
 opinion
 meant
 to
 inform

concerned
 citizens
 reading
 it,
 and
 in
 some

ways
 serve
 as
 a
 call
 to
 action.
 This
 piece
 was

written
 after
 attending
 an
 op-­‐ed
 workshop

given
 by
 David
 Jarmul,
 the
 Associate
 Vice

President
 of
 News
 and
 Communications
 at

Duke
 University.
 The
 final
 piece
 is
 a
 radio

interview
 meant
 to
 mirror
 the
 work
 of
 Radio

Haiti
 through
 a
 discussion
 with
 Kate
 Boyd,
 a

young
 woman
 working
 in
 mental
 health

clinics
 in
 Haiti.
 Although
 this
 interview
 was

conducted
 in
 English,
 it
 would
 ideally
 be

made
 accessible
 (in
 Creóle)
 to
 Haitian

communities
 interested
 in
 learning
 more

about
 the
 experiences
 that
 family
 members

and
 neighbors
 with
 (or
 at
 risk
 for)
 HIV
 and

mental
 illness
 may
 face
 in
 accessing
 care.

Together,
 these
 pieces
 could
 serve
 to

both
 inform
 and
 inspire
 academic,
 foreign,

and
 local
 communities
 about
 the
 current

state
 of
 integrated
 HIV
 and
 mental
 health

care
 in
 Haiti.
 Ultimately,
 these
 are
 only
 three

of
 hundreds
 of
 possible
 ways
 to

communicate
 global
 health
 issues
 to
 varying

audiences,
 but
 it
 is
 my
 hope
 that
 the
 three

chosen
 are
 both
 informative
 and
 provide
 a

platform
 for
 further
 discus ͥ