Health

Here is a simple but major invention that is supposed to improve sanitary living condition in Haiti. A Pastor creates reusable diaper to help children in Haiti.

Michael Wahl has a mission to ensure clean and healthy living for people living in the developing nations. When Pastor Michael Wahl witnessed how the infants and toddlers in the underdeveloped villages in Haiti openly poop in the house and how such waste is disposed unhygienically, he recognized some of the leading causes of uncontrolled spread of diseases like dysentery, cholera, typhus fever and typhoid. Earlier, he had worked on some projects to provide filtered water to some dry areas in Haiti. Now he realized that having clean water alone would not solve Haiti's problems with sanitation. He decided that something needed to be done to eliminate the open pooping of the infants in the house, He along with his wife Starla, created a reusable diaper called DriButts (the name of his NGO) in partnership with Slingshot(r) Product. These long lasting diapers include a super absorbent bamboo cloth liner with natural anti-microbial properties. During Michael's last visit to Haiti in the early September, he has distributed 720 reusable DriButts Diapers to 360 rural area families-- --- enough for an infant for two years. Wahl will return to Haiti in December with more diapers.

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Here are some Ambulances at the National Ambulance Centre at Mais Gate Avenue in Port-au-Prince.

First Lady Launches National Ambulance Center

Haiti's First Lady, Sophia Martelly, attended the launching of the National Ambulance Center (CAN). It contains its own dispatch center for responding to emergency calls. The public health minister and secretary of state were also present.

CAN has signed an agreement with Haiti, Brazil, and Cuba, focusing on improving monitoring of disease in populations; vaccination programs; more referring hospitals; and a rehabilitation clinic.

Brazil has been the primary donor of this public and private collaboration.

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Emergency number : 116

CIRCUIT 1
Port-au-Prince - CAN
Fort National - Cafeteria - Base Cimo - Police station of Delmas 3 - 3 Ruelle Rivière (hospital)

CIRCUIT 2
Port-au-Prince - OAVCT
Police station of Delmas - Police station of P-au-P (Pompier) - Police station of Léogane - Lycée of Carrefour-Feuille

CIRCUIT 3
Port-au-Prince - PNH
Police station of Grand Ravine - Police station of Martissant

CIRCUIT 4
Port-au-Prince - Haitian Red Cross
Police station of Carrefour - Police station of Léogane - Police station of Petit-Goâve - Police station of Gressier - Police station of Decouze

CIRCUIT 5
Cité Soleil/Ofatma - Montrouis
Police station of Cité Soleil - Police station of BIM - Police station of Bon Repos - Police station Cabaret - Customs National Road # 1 - Police station Arcahaie - Moulin sur mer

CIRCUIT 6
Pétion-Ville/Furcy - CAN
Police station of Pétion-Ville - Police station of Thomassin - Police station of Delmas 62 - Police Academy

CIRCUIT 7
Croix-des-Bouquets/Malpasse - CAN
Police station of the Croix-des-Bouquets - Police station of Ganthier - Police station of Thomazeau - Police station of Fonds Verrettes - Police station of Malpasse

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Here is a very popular Haitian medicine, Asosi, Remed Fey Ayiti.

Asosi, a Cure-All for Ailments. Cerasee, also known as asosi, is a bitter fruit, familiar to Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle East. Asosi has many uses: as a detoxifier, pain reliever, and tonic.

It's an all-purpose herbal remedy, used for various conditions like parasites, liver complications, rashes, eczema, sores, constipation, menstrual cramps, and urinary tract infections.

Asosi, used as a tea, wash, and also steamed is composed of iron, vitamins A and C, phosphorus, and alkaloids.

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Here is a picture of Hopital de l'OFATMA and Hopital Immaculée Conception, Cayes.

President Martelly, First Lady Sophia, and ministers of Public Health and Population; Social Affairs and Labour; and Office of Insurance Work Accident; and Sickness and Maternity (OFATMA) gathered to inaugurate OFATMA's new hospital in Les Cayes. The Taiwanese government helped fund the project. The state-of-the-art hospital contains consulting rooms; operating theatres; radiology, laboratory, pharmacy, and sonographic services.

Martelly said the up-to-date hospital will access quality healthcare for all Haitians.

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Here is a picture of how many Haitians purchase their medications in the streets. As you can see in this picture a vendor with many pharmaceutical products. They are usually not regulated or inspected by health authority

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Hospital Canape-Vert provides advanced medical services to the general population of Haiti. Their core mission has always been to make high-quality health care more accessible to those who live in the country

Hospital Canape-Vert is well known for its outstanding care and patient-centered facilities. Since they opened, the hospital has been providing excellent care highly personalized care with sincere compassion and understanding. Hospital Canape-Vert has one objective: to provide the best possible medical care to the Haitian population. Caring at our facility goes far beyond the walls of the Hospital

87, Route du Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince Haiti
3767-8191
We have included a list of additional Hospitals to select from:
Hospital Universitaire de la Paix
Hospital Universite D'Etat
Hospital Espoir, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Grâce pour Enfants, Port-au-Prince
Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic

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We only have one objective at PULMOMED-24 Hour Life Support which is to improve the quality of life for the large number of people in Haiti affected by respiratory diseases. We provide treatment to all those affected by Cystic Fibrosis.

At PULMOMED-24 Hour Life Support, we provides airway clearance products, Spiro PD Personal Spirometers, pharmaceuticals for cystic fibrosis, VitABDECK water solubilised vitamins and Hormel Health Labs Thick & Easy food thickener for dysphagia and swallowing difficulties.

136, Rue Louverture - Petion-Ville, Haiti
509 3446 1111
Here is a list of some additional Hospitals in the area:
Hospital Bernard Mevs
Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre

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"Clinical Surgery at Lambert Sante" at Petionville provides the best health care services to the Haitian people and it is capable to handle most serious medical cases. It is a collaborative clinical facility in association with other neighboring hospitals including Canapé-Vert and Communaute Haïtienne. The institution is a recipient of Merit Certificate from the Haitian Ministry of Public Heath and Population for its immense medical services to the 2010 earthquake victims. Their regular services include: (a) Private consultation (between 9am - 3pm) on orthopedics, trauma, gynecology, obstetrics, urology and odontology, and (b) Other services like laboratory (8 am to 4 pm), pharmacy, treatments and investigations on all types of pathological processes, such as, radiology, maternity, surgery, microsurgery, cardiac surgery, burn and emergency care.

Clinical Surgery at Lambert Sante is open day and night (24 hrs). The consultation fee starts from 1,500 Gourdes depending upon the doctor you choose to visit. Surgical fee depends upon the type of surgery is needed. Contact: Clinique Chirurgicale Lambert Santé: # 75, Rue Lambert, Pétion-Ville, Haïti. Phone: (509) 3706-8306 / (509) 4651-9435 and (509) 3702-3646.

Other Medical facilities in the area:
Departement Ouest, Petion-Ville:
Clinique Maternité de Pétion-Ville
Hospital De Fermathe (Baptist Mission)
Hospital Eliazar Germain, Petion-Ville
Hospital de la Communauté Haïtienne, Pétionville
PULMOMED-24 Hour Life Support

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"Hospital St. Croix- Leogane, Haiti" is a Leogane based hospital under the ownership of the Episcopal Church of Haiti (EEH) that operates in association with the American the Presbyterian Church. The hospital has 120 general beds for patients. The medical programs of the hospital were initiated by Reverend Pierre Thevenot in 1968 with the donation of a small dispensary by Mrs. Edith Cutler who was a regular patron of many important programs undertaken by the Episcopal Church. In the beginning, under the initial physician-directorship of Dr. Etienne, the dispensary had space for two wards only without any inpatient bed. Thereafter, in 1973-74, with the construction of expanded facilities, EEH entered into a partnership with the U.S. Presbyterian Church based in Atlanta.

Hospital St. Croix- Leogane was created out of a call by the Medical Benevolence Foundation (MBF) in 1963 to involve committed Presbyterian physicians to serve others around the world. Today it is a fully functional hospital that serves over 250,000 people in the area through its 24 hours emergency room, four operating rooms and laboratory testing facilities. It also trains and supplies several hundred midwives and community health workers to the more remote regions of the country.

Other Hospitals in the general area:

Hospital de la Trinité,
Hospital de l'Université d'État, Port-au-Prince
Hospital de Canapé Vert, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Saint-Damien (Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs), Tabarre
Hospital Saint-François de Sales
Hospital St Louis(Doctors without borders (MSF), French)

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St. François de Sales Hospital has been recently designated as a university teaching hospital under the University of Notre Dame of Haiti. The hospital was established in Port-au-Prince in 1881. Before the earthquake in 2010, the hospital employed 291 people and had 117 beds. The devastating earthquake destroyed 80% of the hospital building and took lives of nearly 140 patients and staff members.

Since the violent tremor, it is operating in tents, offering simple acceptable level of comfort and quality care. Now, at the original site of St. François de Sales Hospital in the heart of Port-au-Prince, a modern, 120-plus bed teaching hospital is taking shape. During the period of construction, the present facilities will relocate temporarily--for about 12 to18 months, to the Grand Seminary of Notre Dame of Cazeau, approximately twelve miles from the current site.

Rue Chareron - Port-au-Prince, Haiti
509-222-5033

Some more Hospitals in Departement Ouest, Haiti:
Hopital Georges Gauvin de Petit Goave/ Grand-Goave
Hospital Sainte-Croix, Léogâne
Hospital Universitaire de la Paix
Hospital Universite D'Etat
Hospital Espoir, Port-au-Prince
Hospital Grâce pour Enfants, Port-au-Prince
Grace Children's Hospital and Pediatric Clinic

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