Community Health Initiative Haiti- komonite Sante Inisyativ Dayiti
Community Health Initiative Haiti- komonite Sante Inisyativ Dayiti
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About this organization
Revenue
$216,714
Expenses
$198,922
Mission
PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TO PEOPLE IN RURAL HAITI. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PARTNERS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS SUCH ISSUES AS WATER AND SANITATION, NUTRITION, SCHOOL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
About
IN CHI'S FIRST THREE YEARS 496 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN 25 MEDICAL CLINICS AND THREE SURGICAL CLINICS SERVING A TOTAL OF 14,716 PATIENTS. ONE SURGICAL CLINIC IN JANUARY 2014 PERFORMED 49 MAJOR SURGERIES AND 23 MINOR ONES, AND 1,600 PATIENTS WERE SEEN. 12 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN A JULY MEDICAL TRIP, IN SPITE OF AN OUTBREAK OF THE CHICKUNGUNYA VIRUS. FOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 200 HOURSEHOLDS EACH ALL YEAR. THEY IDENTIFY SICK PERSONS WHO NEED FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT, AND PROVIDE ON-GOING MONITORING FOR THOSE TREATED IN PREVIOUS CLINIC VISITS. THEY PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION AND MAKE BIWEEKLY SCHOOL HEALTH VISITS. THEY IDENTIFY PREGNANT WOMEN AND TRAIN THEM AND A MIDWIFE OR OTHER SUPPER PERSON IN HELPING BABIES BREATHE PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. IN THREE YEARS 216 MOTHERS WERE ASSISTED IN PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY. FAMILIES ARE PROVIDED WITH SAFE BIRTHING KITS. AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM HELPS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MONITOR PATIENTS AND DELIVER CARE. 65 HAITIANS ARE EMPLOYED DURING MEDICAL TEAM VISITS.