New admits

MILOCHARD She is 3 years old and weighs 19 pounds.  She has 6 living siblings at home.  This is her first time with kwashiorkor and we are hopeful that she will have a quick recovery.  She is currently on the medika mamba program. LOUKENDY This little one is 2 1/2 months old

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Thank you!

One way to prevent cholera and other diseases is to promote good hygiene practices.  Many are willing, but do not have access to sanitation services.  It is common for some to have to use the gardens because they don’t have a latrine or outhouse.  The community group, GVADK, has built

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Update on Renia

See previous post on Renia here, here and here I have been putting this post off because it is a hard one to write.  The result from Renia biopsy took almost a month to come back.  We all celebrated with Renia and her mama during that month while she was with

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F-75 and F-100 Therapeutic Milk

We admit a lot of children that are severely malnourished and very sick.  We are currently using Medika Mamba  (watch a CNN video here about the product) and love how it works for our kids.   After reading many books and dealing with a lot of very sick kids we have seen the need

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Staff Spotlight: Nurse Carol

Carol began working at the RHFH Clinic in September of 2005.  Her duties include patient consultations and medication distribution.  Carol attended nursing school in Haiti at the Axillary School of Ms. Miriame,  where she graduated at the top of her class.  She is married and lives in Port-au-Prince, which is

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