Anika needs our help

Being HIV & TB positive is not easy in any country, but here in Haiti there are not many options for our patients.  Would you consider helping with transportation cost for Anika to travel to Partners in Health to begin her treatment for both of these illnesses. The cost is only

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They ate the Mamba and they got chubby…new grads!

To read more on this locally made fortified peanut butter called Medika Mamba see the Meds & Foods for Kids website here. Valancia’s lowest weight while on Medika Mamba was 15lbs. She graduated at 20lbs. Renista was swollen with Kwashiorkor and lost 5lbs of water weight which put her at

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Who wants to help send Claudette to school?

Previous post about Claudette here, here, here, here Claudette came to the clinic in December 2010.  She was severely burned in a fire.  She almost died.  She has been healing and getting stronger since then.  She is a joy to have here at RHFH.  We all love her.  She is

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Sodlyne

You can read Sodlyne’s story  here Sodlyne has been here at the RC for over 1 year.  She was very sick and needed to take medication each day for 1 year.  She is healed and through with her medications and went home this past week.  Will you pray that she

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Guest blogger Graham Sowa

You can read the first part of Grahams paper here a. definition and types of nutritional failure Nutritional failure can have three general causes:  1) Deficiency of total caloric and protein intake (clinically manifested as marasmus), 2) Deficiency of protein intake only (clinically manifested as kwashiorkor), or 3) a combination

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Guest Blogger-Graham Sowa

Graham Sowa is a good friend of Real Hope for Haiti.  He is currently in medical school in Cuba and wrote the below paper.  We will be sharing it in several different post.  It is a good read to help understand the effects of what kwashiorkor and malnutrtion does to the body.

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