SUCCESS OF THE NATIONAL VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
(Haiti Libre) -
The Office of the First Lady of the Republic, expressed satisfaction with the success of the national vaccination campaign against polio, measles and rubella. Dr. Jean Ronald Cadet, National Director of the vaccination program has confirmed to have exceeded the objectives set [2.8 million children], and that the ministry had vaccinated 3 million children.
The First Lady, Sophia Martelly congratulated the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) for having administered more than 1.2 million Vitamin A capsules to children aged 6 months to 6 years, and over 1.3 million albendazole tablets to those from 2 to 9 years.
The Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, believes that if his ministry continues on this way, the Martelly-Lamothe Administration will reach some of his goals in terms of child health, including: keeping the country free of polio, measles and rubella, strengthening routine programs, and reduce mortality associated to vitamin A deficiencies, and parasitic diseases, among children younger than 10 years.
The campaign, launched Saturday, April 21, 2012, under the theme "Protect our world, get vaccinated," aimed not only to give for free to children and pregnant women: vitamin A to combat malnutrition, drugs against parasites, vaccines for measles, rubella and polio, but also allows Haiti to obtain certification as a country free of measles and rubella. The costs of this campaign amounted to USD $8 million, of which two thirds was spent on the acquisition of vaccines, and the rest for various immunization operations.
At the launch of the campaign, Ms. Anne-Valérie T. Milfort, the representative of the First Lady, had stated that "Children's health is a key factor, this is a bet that we can and must win." After having learned that the MSPP had exceeded the expected results, the First Lady is convinced that we are on the right track to win this bet.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012
ARTICLE - VISIT TO PETIT-GOAVE HOSPITAL
DELEGATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY AT THE PETIT-GOAVE HOSPITAL
(Haiti Libre) -
At the invitation of the Deputy of the Constituency of Petit-Goâve, Stevenson Jacques Thimoléon, the office of the First Lady has sent this Thursday, June 21, 2012, a delegation composed of Gonzague Day, the Departmental Delegate of the West, a physician, and Ms. Mona Adam who led this mission, in order to make a diagnosis of the situation and problems of the Notre-Dame Hospital of Petit-Goâve...
The delegation, accompanied by Deputy Thimoléon, visited for more than three hours the different hospital departments. Mona Adam questioned Dr. Lesly Pierre, Director of the hospital, Joël Charles the administrator of this institution, as well as several patients.
Following this visit, Ms. Mona Adam deplored the state of the hospital. "[...] I can not even describe what I have just found, this hospital is dysfonctionel [...] gaps are evident; lack of technical staff, shortage of nurses, lack of equipment, lack of services [...] the rooms do not meet [health] standards. I will recommend in my report that urgent measures are taken in favor of Notre-Dame Hospital."
For his part, the Departmental Delegate of the West, has promised that the Government would soon improve the situation of health services for the population of Petit-Goâve.
(Haiti Libre) -
At the invitation of the Deputy of the Constituency of Petit-Goâve, Stevenson Jacques Thimoléon, the office of the First Lady has sent this Thursday, June 21, 2012, a delegation composed of Gonzague Day, the Departmental Delegate of the West, a physician, and Ms. Mona Adam who led this mission, in order to make a diagnosis of the situation and problems of the Notre-Dame Hospital of Petit-Goâve...
The delegation, accompanied by Deputy Thimoléon, visited for more than three hours the different hospital departments. Mona Adam questioned Dr. Lesly Pierre, Director of the hospital, Joël Charles the administrator of this institution, as well as several patients.
Following this visit, Ms. Mona Adam deplored the state of the hospital. "[...] I can not even describe what I have just found, this hospital is dysfonctionel [...] gaps are evident; lack of technical staff, shortage of nurses, lack of equipment, lack of services [...] the rooms do not meet [health] standards. I will recommend in my report that urgent measures are taken in favor of Notre-Dame Hospital."
For his part, the Departmental Delegate of the West, has promised that the Government would soon improve the situation of health services for the population of Petit-Goâve.
ARTICLE - HEALTH CARE - BROKEN EARTH
COLUMBUS COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH BROKEN EARTH TO HELP FUND AND ADVANCE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED HAITI
(Market Wire) - By Columbus Communications
FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS - Columbus Communications Inc., a retail and wholesale telecommunications company, has partnered with Broken Earth, an assembly of health care practitioners from St. John's, Newfoundland, and Labrador, Canada, who responded with medical aid in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquakes, with a five-year commitment to continue their work of creating proper medical facilities, and also helping to train Haitian doctors to better deliver healthcare in their home country.
Brendan Paddick, chairman and CEO of Columbus Communications, said, "I have personally met with Broken Earth's senior leaders and have found them all to be of the utmost character. Their caring and giving spirit is infectious. This is a cause I've grown to believe in greatly, and Columbus is dedicating funds and services over an initial five-year period to ensure the programs and facilities established by Team Broken Earth are sustainable. Columbus will provide funding and support, among other things, to assist in the construction and equipping of a fully operational operating room in Haiti, In addition, funds will be directed towards the establishment of Chairs in Medicine at Memorial University's Faculty of Medicine to assist Haitian health care professionals to improve their skills so that they can transfer their new knowledge to the colleagues at home."
Team Broken Earth's mission is to provide ongoing direct medical care to those Haitians in need, to train Haitian doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to better provide care to their patients, to collect and supply needed medical supplies and equipment, and to establish and fund sustainable health care programs in rural areas of Haiti.
"We are excited to have Columbus Communications partner with Broken Earth in Haiti. We believe it is a strong step forward in the effort to create sustainable healthcare for the Haitian people. The devastation in Haiti has touched all our hearts and Team Broken Earth is proud to provide much needed medical relief while working to build a brighter future," said Dr. Andrew Furey one of Broken Earth's founders.
Broken Earth's task force has frequently traveled to Haiti since the disaster and has administered the much-needed health care to some 500+ patients a week. This task force includes doctors specializing in over 9 medical disciplines as well as a team of registered nurses who specialize in such areas as pediatrics, critical, acute and neonatal care.
Broken Earth also partnered with Project MediShare of the University of Miami's medical school, and is endeavoring to build a hospital in Haiti that will almost exclusively be managed and staffed by volunteer international health care professionals. With Columbus Communication's assistance the project will work on utilizing its newly commissioned Haiti to Florida subsea cable network to provide tele-medicine services, such as remote diagnostics, x-rays and CT scans.
About Columbus Communications:
Columbus Communications Inc. is a privately held diversified telecommunications company based in Barbados. The Company operates in Trinidad, Jamaica, Grenada and Curacao and provides digital cable television, broadband Internet, digital landline telephony under the brand name, FLOW and corporate data services under the brand Columbus Business Solutions. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Columbus Networks, the Company provides capacity and IP services, corporate data solutions and data center hosting throughout 23 countries in the greater Caribbean, Central American and Andean region. Through its fully protected, ringed submarine fiber optic network spanning close to 18,000 km and its 21,000 km terrestrial fibre and coaxial network, Columbus' 1,900 plus employees provide advanced telecom services to a diverse residential and corporate client base of close to 500,000 customers.
About Broken Earth:
Broken Earth is a team of physicians, nurses and physiotherapists from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada who have joined together to support relief efforts in Haiti. In January, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake, with more than 50 aftershocks, left Haiti in dire need of outside, volunteer medical assistance. Medical professionals from Newfoundland stepped in to help provide their expertise and help in the aftermath of one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history. The team has become a tremendous force in Haiti, capable of caring for more than 500 patients per week.
Broken Earth provides direct, ongoing medical care to the people of Haiti with six medical relief efforts completed over the past two years. In addition to direct medical care, the organization works to train Haitian doctors, nurses and allied healthcare workers and collect and supply medication and medical supplies to this disaster-stricken area. The Broken Earth team is working to establish and fund sustainable programs throughout rural Haiti.
(Market Wire) - By Columbus Communications
FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS - Columbus Communications Inc., a retail and wholesale telecommunications company, has partnered with Broken Earth, an assembly of health care practitioners from St. John's, Newfoundland, and Labrador, Canada, who responded with medical aid in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquakes, with a five-year commitment to continue their work of creating proper medical facilities, and also helping to train Haitian doctors to better deliver healthcare in their home country.
Brendan Paddick, chairman and CEO of Columbus Communications, said, "I have personally met with Broken Earth's senior leaders and have found them all to be of the utmost character. Their caring and giving spirit is infectious. This is a cause I've grown to believe in greatly, and Columbus is dedicating funds and services over an initial five-year period to ensure the programs and facilities established by Team Broken Earth are sustainable. Columbus will provide funding and support, among other things, to assist in the construction and equipping of a fully operational operating room in Haiti, In addition, funds will be directed towards the establishment of Chairs in Medicine at Memorial University's Faculty of Medicine to assist Haitian health care professionals to improve their skills so that they can transfer their new knowledge to the colleagues at home."
Team Broken Earth's mission is to provide ongoing direct medical care to those Haitians in need, to train Haitian doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to better provide care to their patients, to collect and supply needed medical supplies and equipment, and to establish and fund sustainable health care programs in rural areas of Haiti.
"We are excited to have Columbus Communications partner with Broken Earth in Haiti. We believe it is a strong step forward in the effort to create sustainable healthcare for the Haitian people. The devastation in Haiti has touched all our hearts and Team Broken Earth is proud to provide much needed medical relief while working to build a brighter future," said Dr. Andrew Furey one of Broken Earth's founders.
Broken Earth's task force has frequently traveled to Haiti since the disaster and has administered the much-needed health care to some 500+ patients a week. This task force includes doctors specializing in over 9 medical disciplines as well as a team of registered nurses who specialize in such areas as pediatrics, critical, acute and neonatal care.
Broken Earth also partnered with Project MediShare of the University of Miami's medical school, and is endeavoring to build a hospital in Haiti that will almost exclusively be managed and staffed by volunteer international health care professionals. With Columbus Communication's assistance the project will work on utilizing its newly commissioned Haiti to Florida subsea cable network to provide tele-medicine services, such as remote diagnostics, x-rays and CT scans.
About Columbus Communications:
Columbus Communications Inc. is a privately held diversified telecommunications company based in Barbados. The Company operates in Trinidad, Jamaica, Grenada and Curacao and provides digital cable television, broadband Internet, digital landline telephony under the brand name, FLOW and corporate data services under the brand Columbus Business Solutions. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Columbus Networks, the Company provides capacity and IP services, corporate data solutions and data center hosting throughout 23 countries in the greater Caribbean, Central American and Andean region. Through its fully protected, ringed submarine fiber optic network spanning close to 18,000 km and its 21,000 km terrestrial fibre and coaxial network, Columbus' 1,900 plus employees provide advanced telecom services to a diverse residential and corporate client base of close to 500,000 customers.
About Broken Earth:
Broken Earth is a team of physicians, nurses and physiotherapists from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada who have joined together to support relief efforts in Haiti. In January, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake, with more than 50 aftershocks, left Haiti in dire need of outside, volunteer medical assistance. Medical professionals from Newfoundland stepped in to help provide their expertise and help in the aftermath of one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history. The team has become a tremendous force in Haiti, capable of caring for more than 500 patients per week.
Broken Earth provides direct, ongoing medical care to the people of Haiti with six medical relief efforts completed over the past two years. In addition to direct medical care, the organization works to train Haitian doctors, nurses and allied healthcare workers and collect and supply medication and medical supplies to this disaster-stricken area. The Broken Earth team is working to establish and fund sustainable programs throughout rural Haiti.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
ARTICLE - MENTAL HEALTH IN HAITI
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN HAITI
(Caribbean Journal) - By Guerda Nicolas
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti has led to the development of several organizations created by Haitians for the purpose of addressing the mental health needs of Haitians in Haiti and abroad. This report provides a summary of these organizations and their overall missions and objectives.
L’association Haïtienne de Psychologie (AHPsy) — Based in Haiti
The Haitian Association of Psychology (AHPsy) consists of more than 100 mental health professionals in Haiti as well as from the best universities in Europe and America, and about fifty students and postdoctoral students. Its objective is to promote and enhance the psychology and counseling professions in Haiti. The overall goal of the organization is to train/provide continual training to its members and conduct training and workshops on mental health throughout the country.
Since the earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, AHPsy started off partnering with other organizations to assist in addressing the mental health needs of individuals, given the limited expertise in providing effective traumatized treatments to Haiti’s population. In addition, the organization worked in partnership with other socio-professional organizations to establish a mental health policy in Haiti.
The AHPsy held its first congress at the end of June 2011, and documented acts of this Congress are to appear in the press at the start of October 2012. The organization maintains relations with sister associations in the Caribbean, of North and South America, and is currently participating in the creation of a new Caribbean Psychological Association.
Haitian Mental Health Network — Based in Boston
The Haitian Mental Health (HMH) Network is a Boston-based organization established in Feb. 2010 in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, to facilitate access to mental health services and respond to the psychosocial needs of the Haitian community.
The HMH Network is comprised of a group of mental health providers, including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, psychiatric nurses, and pastoral counselors. Members of the HMH Network work collaboratively with community-based agencies as well as local, national and international organizations to improve access for Haitian individuals to mental health services that are comprehensive, integrated, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate. As a primarily volunteer-based organization, The HMH Network is dedicated to raising awareness about mental illness in the Haitian community, combating stigmas, and reducing the long-term psychological impact of trauma on the lives of Haitian individuals and families.
In the Boston area, the HMH Network offers an array of services, including the following:
Clinical consultation & training on the topics of culturally-oriented, trauma-informed mental health interventions with Haitians; Psychological First Aid; Disaster Mental Health; and Self-Care.
Conferences, community forums and other professional events.
School-based initiatives to provide mental health support and psycho-education to Haitian students on trauma, PTSD and other psychiatric illnesses.
Facilitation of consumers’ access to mental health and social services in the Haitian community.
A Directory of local Haitian Mental Health Providers.
Community-based research on the mental health needs of the Haitian community.
In Haiti, the work of the HMH Network has focused on the following:
1.Providing trauma-informed training to health workers, community leaders, and students in Haiti on the mental health needs of vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents and the elderly.
2.Working in collaboration with the Haitian Association of Psychology and the Faculty of Human Sciences at the State University of Haiti to enhance the workforce capacity of Haitian mental health workers to deliver quality mental health services to Haitian individuals and families.
3.Facilitating knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer between providers in the United States and Haiti.
Rebati Sante Mentale
“Rebati Santé Mentale” Haiti is a non-profit organization dedicated to the overall goal of establishing an effective mental health capacity in Haiti, that is an integral part of Haiti’s health services, policy, and funding, and that provides evidence-based systems, delivery, and treatment strategies.
Rebati Santé Mentale” is the logical result of the Haitian Mental Health Summit that was convened at the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development on June 26-27, 2010. That summit itself resulted from the impetus and urgent necessity for an organized coalition of international mental health professionals to:
a) assess the preexisting and post disaster mental health situations of the population in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora;
b) develop specific strategic goals and action plans for working collectively in addressing mental health needs of Haitians; and
c) create a network of mental health professionals and stakeholders aimed at addressing behavioral health needs of Haitians.
The summit was attended by representatives from the Haitian American Psychiatric Association (HAPA), the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), New York University (NYU), the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, the World Psychiatric Congress (WPC), the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development (Department of Educational and Psychological Studies), the Haitian Ministry of Health, Partners in Health, the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA), the American Association of Black Psychologists, and several Haitian mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers) practicing in New York, Boston, Miami, Chicago, Canada, and Haiti.
Prior to “Rebati Santé Mentale,” charges of carrying out the recommendations of the Summit were delegated initially to a task force of 25 members.
Two face-to-face meetings (October 2010 and February 2011), again at the University of Miami, School of Education and Human Development, in addition to several teleconference calls, allowed the task force to discuss and begin implementation of the Summit recommendations.
“Rebati Santé Mentale” was conceived as one professional and legal way to proceed with the tasks at hand.
Dr Guerda Nicolas is the chair and associate professor in the University of Miami’s Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. This is her first in a series of columns looking at mental health issues in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.
(Caribbean Journal) - By Guerda Nicolas
The 2010 earthquake in Haiti has led to the development of several organizations created by Haitians for the purpose of addressing the mental health needs of Haitians in Haiti and abroad. This report provides a summary of these organizations and their overall missions and objectives.
L’association Haïtienne de Psychologie (AHPsy) — Based in Haiti
The Haitian Association of Psychology (AHPsy) consists of more than 100 mental health professionals in Haiti as well as from the best universities in Europe and America, and about fifty students and postdoctoral students. Its objective is to promote and enhance the psychology and counseling professions in Haiti. The overall goal of the organization is to train/provide continual training to its members and conduct training and workshops on mental health throughout the country.
Since the earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, AHPsy started off partnering with other organizations to assist in addressing the mental health needs of individuals, given the limited expertise in providing effective traumatized treatments to Haiti’s population. In addition, the organization worked in partnership with other socio-professional organizations to establish a mental health policy in Haiti.
The AHPsy held its first congress at the end of June 2011, and documented acts of this Congress are to appear in the press at the start of October 2012. The organization maintains relations with sister associations in the Caribbean, of North and South America, and is currently participating in the creation of a new Caribbean Psychological Association.
Haitian Mental Health Network — Based in Boston
The Haitian Mental Health (HMH) Network is a Boston-based organization established in Feb. 2010 in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, to facilitate access to mental health services and respond to the psychosocial needs of the Haitian community.
The HMH Network is comprised of a group of mental health providers, including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, psychiatric nurses, and pastoral counselors. Members of the HMH Network work collaboratively with community-based agencies as well as local, national and international organizations to improve access for Haitian individuals to mental health services that are comprehensive, integrated, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate. As a primarily volunteer-based organization, The HMH Network is dedicated to raising awareness about mental illness in the Haitian community, combating stigmas, and reducing the long-term psychological impact of trauma on the lives of Haitian individuals and families.
In the Boston area, the HMH Network offers an array of services, including the following:
Clinical consultation & training on the topics of culturally-oriented, trauma-informed mental health interventions with Haitians; Psychological First Aid; Disaster Mental Health; and Self-Care.
Conferences, community forums and other professional events.
School-based initiatives to provide mental health support and psycho-education to Haitian students on trauma, PTSD and other psychiatric illnesses.
Facilitation of consumers’ access to mental health and social services in the Haitian community.
A Directory of local Haitian Mental Health Providers.
Community-based research on the mental health needs of the Haitian community.
In Haiti, the work of the HMH Network has focused on the following:
1.Providing trauma-informed training to health workers, community leaders, and students in Haiti on the mental health needs of vulnerable groups such as children, adolescents and the elderly.
2.Working in collaboration with the Haitian Association of Psychology and the Faculty of Human Sciences at the State University of Haiti to enhance the workforce capacity of Haitian mental health workers to deliver quality mental health services to Haitian individuals and families.
3.Facilitating knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer between providers in the United States and Haiti.
Rebati Sante Mentale
“Rebati Santé Mentale” Haiti is a non-profit organization dedicated to the overall goal of establishing an effective mental health capacity in Haiti, that is an integral part of Haiti’s health services, policy, and funding, and that provides evidence-based systems, delivery, and treatment strategies.
Rebati Santé Mentale” is the logical result of the Haitian Mental Health Summit that was convened at the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development on June 26-27, 2010. That summit itself resulted from the impetus and urgent necessity for an organized coalition of international mental health professionals to:
a) assess the preexisting and post disaster mental health situations of the population in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora;
b) develop specific strategic goals and action plans for working collectively in addressing mental health needs of Haitians; and
c) create a network of mental health professionals and stakeholders aimed at addressing behavioral health needs of Haitians.
The summit was attended by representatives from the Haitian American Psychiatric Association (HAPA), the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), New York University (NYU), the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, the World Psychiatric Congress (WPC), the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the University of Miami School of Education and Human Development (Department of Educational and Psychological Studies), the Haitian Ministry of Health, Partners in Health, the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA), the American Association of Black Psychologists, and several Haitian mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers) practicing in New York, Boston, Miami, Chicago, Canada, and Haiti.
Prior to “Rebati Santé Mentale,” charges of carrying out the recommendations of the Summit were delegated initially to a task force of 25 members.
Two face-to-face meetings (October 2010 and February 2011), again at the University of Miami, School of Education and Human Development, in addition to several teleconference calls, allowed the task force to discuss and begin implementation of the Summit recommendations.
“Rebati Santé Mentale” was conceived as one professional and legal way to proceed with the tasks at hand.
Dr Guerda Nicolas is the chair and associate professor in the University of Miami’s Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. This is her first in a series of columns looking at mental health issues in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.
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