Cholera Alert

We are happy to say that this has been a year where cholera had seemed to stay at a low rate. There were even whispers that the UN was hoping to say cholera was gone from Haiti towards the end of this year.  Unfortunately, that just isn’t so.

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ERIMENE She is 6 years old and weighs 22 1/2 pounds. She was referred to us by Community Health Initiative.   She has 4 livings siblings and 1 that die from fever. The family lives in a 2 room home made of wood and tarps.  They do not have running

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Cholera Prevention and Care in the Community

Earlier in March, we presented an opportunity to construct 6 cholera First-Aid stations through out the 4th section (comparable to a township in the states) of Cabaret, where Cazale is located. “Sant Premye Swen Kolera” (means Cholera First-Aid Station in English) You donated generously and all six stations were built

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Villager’s View

Chrismene and her husband were excited that she was pregnant for a second time.   She began following in the clinic each month.  The nurse that was seeing her asked her to get a sonogram because she saw that her stomach was getting very big.  She got a sonogram and

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New admits to the ICU/RC

ANGEL     He is 18 months old and weighs 15 pounds 8 ounces.  For the past month he has had fever and began showing signs of kwashiorkor (mild swelling in his feet) 7 days ago.  He has 2 siblings at home, a brother and a sister.  He lives in a 3

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