Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere where 70% of is 7 million people live on less than a dollar a day. It is a country without access to clean drinking water and where over 30% of all children born don’t make it to the age of 5 years. It is a land of instability and violence beginning the long road to recovery.
It is a nation with a proud history, laying claim as only the third independent republic established after France and the United States. It is a nation whose products of timber, sugar and spice made its ports some of the busiest in the New World. It is a nation whose citizen soldiers faced down and defeated Napoleon’s army ending slavery decades before the American Civil War. It is a welcoming country full of beauty and vitality.
Most important of all Haiti is our neighbor. A neighbor in need.
WE ARE HAITI VILLAGE HEALTH
Mission
Haiti Village Health aims to provide sustainable health care for the Bas Limbe region in Haiti by employing local medical and support staff and providing them with the training, tools and support to allow them to be self-sufficient by 2015.
Vision
Haiti Village Health is dedicated to the provision of sustainable medical care and evidence based public health initiatives that improve the health of all members of the communitites in the Bas Limbe region of Northern Haiti. Our apporach is to provide education and material support for medical staff and community health workers while meeting reasonable objectives and targets. We aim to improve maternal child health and reduce maternal, neonatal and child deaths in line with Millenium Development Goals. In addition to developing medical services, our organization strives to improve the social conditions in our target communities through improved sanitation and access to clean drinking water, improved education and nutrition, immunization protection for all children and strategies to reduce the incidence of malaria. In pursuing its mission, HVH’s philosophy is to provide these services in a sustainable manner, encouraging self-sufficiency and working in collaboration with Haitian partners.
Objectives
1. PROVIDE OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE THROUGH A GENERAL MEDICAL CLINIC
2. ENSURE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE BAS LIMBE REGION
3. DECREASE CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
4. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
Programs and Services
- General Medical Services – Shada and Bod Me Limbe Medical Clinics
- Maternal Health Services and Prenatal/Post-Partum Outreach
- Pediatric Services and Outreach
- Family Planning and Sexual Health Education Program
- Health Worker Training
- Water, Sanitation and Malarial Prevention
- Medical Record Tracking
- Social Business & Micro-credit Initiativ
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