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An outreach organization committed to providing free health care services to children and adults in the community of Cavaillon and its surrounding villages. Since 2010, AH has been in the forefront of educating the communities about cholera, distributing water purification tablets and feeding about 400 children thanks to its partnership with other humanitarian organizations.
This organization was founded by Jude Leandre, a medical student at the Faculty of Medicine & Pharmacy of the University of the State of Haiti, who saw a need to educate the community to better care of themselves. AH’s goal is to build a public health center to improve the living conditions of the people of Anotte in Cavaillon, by providing free access to basic and quality healthcare while reducing the mortality rate. This project would also benefit other regional communities like Bercy, Cassignol, Berette, Mission and Mapangue.
Areas of service: Community health center, outreach projects, water purification, humanitarian, women & children health, prenatal care, disaster response, vaccinations, free lab testing, free access to medications.
Targeted area in Haiti: Cavaillon
Contact:
Action Humanitaire
Anotte, Deuxième Section de Cavaillon
Arrondissement, Sud d’Haïti
Phone in Haiti: (509)-3472-6161
Phone International: (617)777-4363
Email: humanitaryaction@gmail.com
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This grassroots agency is a not-for-profit organization that empowers families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through their direct services in health education, family support, counseling and advocacy. Founded in 1981, DCS has been serving low income and struggling immigrants in the Central Brooklyn for the past 30 years. Many of their clients have a history of substance abuse, mental health diagnosis and are foreign born, primarily from Haiti, Dominican Republic, Latin American Countries, or the Caribbean.
In August 2001, DCS founded the Centre Medico Social de Port-au-Prince (CMSP), a clinic based in Port-au-Prince with the support of DCS funds, the MAC AIDs Fund, the Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation and donations from other Health and Medical organizations.
For in-depth review of their programs, click here. To support DCS’s work, click here.
Areas of service: Women’s Supportive Services, Maternal Group Home, HIV/AIDS, Case Management, Nutrition, Workshops, Medical Benefits Assistance, Youth Program, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, and Haitian Empowerment Programming.
Targeted areas in U.S.: Central Brooklyn (East New York, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Brownsville)
Targeted area in Haiti: Nazon, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Go to Diaspora Community Services' Website.
International medical humanitarian founded in 1971 to bring quality medical care worldwide to people in crisis and those affected by many factors such as armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. Through the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines and in partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, the price of HIV /AIDS treatment was decreased and that collaboration has stimulated research and development for medicines to treat malaria and neglected diseases like sleeping sickness, kala azar and chagas disease.
MSF-USA was founded in 1990 in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns. Then in 1991, MSF undertook work in Haiti.
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Areas of service: Medical Care including treatments, Disaster Response, Humanitarian, HIV /AIDS, Women’s Health, Vaccinations, Nutrition, Surgery and more.
Targeted areas in Haiti: Port-au-Prince (La Saline, Solino, Cite Pele Simon, Martissant, Carrefour, Pacot, Delmas), Gonaives, Leogane
USA Headquarters
333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
Phone: (212) 679-6800
Fax: (212) 679-7016
Email: Visit their contact page
Go to Doctors Without Borders' Website
Energy Psychology Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian association created by mental health professionals who use energy psychology techniques in their practice to heal physical and mental suffering. Their goal is to initiate and deliver care free of charge to people who are suffering. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, EPsySF began training people free-of-charge in Haiti and in countries devastated by natural disasters or war, to benefit populations suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Click on links for energy psychology, their work in Haiti, and how to become a member.
Contact:
EPsySF
44, rue Masséna
69006 LYON
Phone: 04 78 26 29 04
Website supports both French and English languages
Go to Energies Psy Sans Frontière's Website
This humanitarian organization is dedicated to communities in crisis and provides medical services, education, medical aid and addresses community-health concerns around the globe. Their work is made possible through their outstanding volunteers committed to making a difference in the world.
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Areas of service: Disaster Response, Medical Care & Education, Community Health, Emergency Response
Targeted areas in Haiti: Port-au-Prince, Leogane, Fondwa
Headquarters
Heart to Heart International
401 S. Clairborne Rd., Suite 302
Olathe, KS 66062
Phone: (913) 764-5200
Fax: (913) 764-0809
Email: info@hearttoheart.org or visit their contact page
Go to Heart to Heart International's Website
This not-for-profit organization focuses in the development of a sustainable health care system to meet the needs of the Cap-Haitien community in Haiti, with maximum local direction and support.
Konbit Sante staff work in collaboration with the Haitian Ministry of Health and other partners to expand their community outreach programs, to strengthen community health centers and to improve care at the regional referral hospital. In the aftermath of the 2010 devastating earthquake, they were appointed to be the NGO partner on the Health Commission for the North.
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Areas of service: Earthquake Response, Community Health, Infrastructure, Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Internal Medicine, Management, Emergency Response
Targeted area in Haiti: Cap-Haitien
U.S. Office Mailing Address
P.O. Box 11281
Portland, ME 04104
Phone: (207) 347-6733
Email: info@konbitsante.org
or visit their contact page |
Haiti Office Address
Hopital Universitaire Justinian
Rue 17Q
Cap-Haitien, HAITI
Phone: (509) 2949-0011 |
U.S. Office Physical Address
362 US Route 1
Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: (207) 347-6733 |
Go to Konbit Sante's Website
MEDICC is a non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the U.S., Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes. Founded in 1997, their experience taught them that health care in the United States and developing countries – especially for underserved populations – can be informed by Cuba’s singular and evolving health practices, research and policies. MEDICC also sees that the US experience in medicine and medical research can also inform practice in Cuba and the developing world. Thus, they believe that such cooperation is urgently needed to radically improve global health and achieve the birthright of health for all worldwide.
MEDICC’s mission is to support education and development of human resources in health committed to equitable access and quality care, and to provide the Cuban experience to inform global debate, practice, policies and cooperation in health.
Click on the specific links for information about Resources, Programs, International Journal of Cuban Health and Medicine, Cuba health reports, Haitian Medical Students in Cuba, U.S. Medical Students in Cuba and the Latin American Medical School (ELAM).
Go to Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba's Website.
Faith-based nonprofit organization committed to transforming the lives of people affected by disaster, conflict and poverty around the world. In Haiti, they are continuing their work through their initiatives with the Advantage Haiti Program that offers rehabilitation therapy services; the Canaan Clinic that offers medical services to displaced people in camps; the Beraca Hospital in northwest of Haiti that provides medical training to staff and care to thousands of people.
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Areas of service: Humanitarian Aid, Community Health, Disaster Response, Mobile Dental Clinics, Emergency Response, HIV/AIDS, Medical Training & Supply Program
International Headquarters
Street Address
14150 SW Milton Court
Tigard, OR 97224
Phone: (503) 624-1000 / (800) 959-4325 (toll free)
Fax: (503) 624-1001
Email: info@medicalteams.org or visit their contact page for their locations in other states |
International Headquarters
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 10
Portland, OR 97207 |
Go to Medical Teams International's Website
Founded in UK, this organization is dedicated to raising awareness, support and resources for Merlin programs worldwide. They respond in times of disasters, conflict and health crisis.
In partnership with Medicos del Mundo (MDM Spain), Merlin is operating a mobile clinic that serves 7 villages in the rural areas of Petit Goave and Grand Goave, which are two hours from the capital of Port-au-Prince. In addition, they carry out assessments in camps around Delmas 33 to identify their health needs.
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Areas of service: Disaster Response, Emergency Response, Community Health (basic, maternal & neo-natal), Water & Sanitation, Mobile Clinics
Targeted areas in Haiti: Petit Goave, Grand Goave, Delmas 33
Merlin USA
1600 K Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 449-6398
Email: info@merlinusa.org
Go to Merlin USA's Website
Founded in 1982, this medical humanitarian organization provides medical services to children and young adults around the world for a chance to better health and quality of life. They find partnerships in the existing countries needing their help, to facilitate their treatment for facial deformities. They have regional offices in Latin America, Asia and Europe, and Middle East and Africa regions.
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Areas of service: Education, Training, Medical Equipment supply, Surgery (free cleft lip and cleft palate repairs), Dental Care, Disaster Response, Burns Treatment
Address in USA
6435 Tidewater Drive
Norfolk, VA 23509
Phone: (888) 677-6453
(757) 321-7645
24-hour Phone: (800) 786-0783
Email: Visit their contact page
Hours of Operation:
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST |
Address in Canada
P.O. Box 247 Station Main
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 2G9 Canada
Phone: (888) 677-6453
(757) 321-7645 |
Contact in Haiti
Ana Gabriela Power
Phone: (757) 321-7788
Email: apower@operationsmile.org |
Go to Operation Smile's Website
Founded in 1987, this organization focuses on delivering health care to the residents of the Central Plateau in Haiti. Twenty years since its inception, PIH expanded its work in other regions of Haiti and 5 other countries. In 1998, PIH launched their Zanmi Lasante Clinic (ZL) initiative to provide free, comprehensive HIV care and treatment in the poorest areas in Haiti. With the support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, this initiative was expanded two years later, across central Haiti and became known as the HIV Equity Initiative.
Zanmi Lasante Clinic ranks as one of the largest nongovernmental health care providers in Haiti. Currently, PIH is overseeing another huge project, the construction of a teaching hospital in Haiti- Mirebalais Hospital.
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Areas of service: Advocacy, Community Health, Medical & Social Services, Training Research, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Medical Informatics
Targeted areas in Haiti: Central Plateau, Lower Artibonite, Cange, Boucan Carré, Hinche, Thomonde, Belladère, Lascahobas, Mirebalais, Thomonde and Cerca La Source, Petite Rivière, Saint Marc and Verrettes.
Partners In Health
888 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 998-8922
Fax: (617) 998-8973
Email: info@pih.org or visit their contact page |
Contact in Haiti for PIH projects:
Email: haiti@pih.org |
Go to Partners In Health's Website
Non-profit medical relief organization committed to providing orthopedic care in Haiti. Their goal is to create a network of sustainable rehabilitation clinics throughout rural Haiti run by local PRH trained Haitians.
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Areas of service: Orthopedic care, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Physical Therapy, Casting and Wound Care, and Surgery
Targeted area in Haiti: St. Louis du Nord, Haiti
Phoenix Rising for Haiti (PRH)
P.O. Box 7497
Phoenix, AZ 85011-7497
Phone: (480) 402-0774
Fax: (480) 515-1199
Email: info@phoenixrisingforhaiti.org or visit their contact page
Go to Phoenix Rising for Haiti's Website.
Founded in 1989, this international nonprofit organization provides hands-on medical education and training, clinical care to health care professionals in the developing countries with unmet medical needs and scarce resources. Their goal is to empower those health educators with the proper tools to better serve their communities.
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Areas of service: Global Health, Dental Care, Burn Care, Maternal & Child Care, Surgery, Rehabilitation & Vision
Targeted area in Haiti: Deschapelles
Physicians for Peace
500 East Main Street, Suite 900
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: (757) 625-7569
Fax: (757) 625-7680
Email: info@physiciansforpeace.org or visit their contact page
Go to Physicians for Peace's Website
Nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healthcare, developmental services, and sustainable programs. Their services also include training of health care professionals and distribution of medical equipment. Medishare has over 95 local staff of Haitian doctors, nurses, LPN’s, health agents, and administrative staff. One of their ultimate goals is to teach Haitian surgeons how to provide neurosurgical care due to the lack of formal neurosurgery training in Haiti.
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- - For information on volunteering in Haiti, click here
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- - For contact for Project Medishare for Haiti, click here
Areas of service: Education, Training, Medical Equipment Supply, Agriculture, Earthquake Relief, Community Health & Development, Surgery, Mobile clinics
Targeted areas in Haiti: Thomonde, Marmont, and Casse/Lahoye, Central Plateau, Hinche, Cadichon, Savane Moise, Calabate and Savane Longue, Port-au-Prince
Project Medishare for Haiti
P.O. BOX 381208
Miami, FL 33238-1208
Phone: (305) 762-6448
Fax: (305) 762-6446
Email: info@projectmedishare.org or click here to access the Haiti Volunteer Sign-Up form
Go to Project Medishare's Website
Medical News
Haiti: MSF Inaugurates New Emergency Obstetric Care Hospital
Source: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières August 30, 2011
On August 18, the medical humanitarian aid organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially inaugurated its new specialized emergency obstetric care hospital in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The hospital is called CRUO – Centre de Référence en Urgences Obstétricales (Referral Center for Obstetric Emergencies). The facility began treating patients in March of this year. MSF built CRUO following the destruction of its previous emergency obstetric care hospital, Maternité Solidarité, in the January 2010 earthquake.
The new 122-bed facility provides 24-hour free care for women who are experiencing a range of serious, often life-threatening complications in their pregnancies. These include conditions like pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, obstetric hemorrhage, and uterine rupture. Read more.
PIH/ZL launches new medical residency and nursing programs in Haiti
Source: Partners In Health August 22, 2011
On Monday afternoon, August 15, an amalgam of partners gathered in St. Marc – a city in Haiti’s lower Artibonite – to lunch and informally celebrate the launch of the new Family Residency and Nursing Professional Development Programs. As recently posted, Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante (PIH/ZL) are new grant recipients from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. This grant will support a new program for family practice medical residents in St Marc, a critically important specialty in Haiti, and education for auxiliary nurses at St. Nicholas Hospital, also located in St. Marc.
There is a very big difference between learning medicine in a hospital or university setting in Port-au-Prince and going out to communities to see what they need,” said Benjamin Jean Michel, a medical resident at ZL. “This is the first time we have been able to do that and have learned so much. We hope to be the generation of doctors that understands what social medicine is and how to address the social determinants of health. Read more.
Haiti: MSF Reorganizes Post-Earthquake Medical Services
Source: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières June 30, 2011
Following the January 2010 earthquake MSF launched the largest emergency operation in its history. A year and a half later, MSF’s projects are adjusting to changing situations. Today, the epidemic is resurgent and hurricane season is approaching. In response to the situation on the ground, is reorganizing its services in Haiti. The needs remain high. In many places where MSF works, medical care was insufficient even before disaster struck.
“MSF’s Trinité trauma hospital collapsed in the quake, killing seven patients and two of our colleagues,” said MSF Emergency Director Dr. Pierre Wagner. “The others immediately set to work to help victims that were arriving from everywhere. Read more.
