Help Haiti Earthquake HIV Healthcare
posted: 20/01/2010
Organisations providing HIV treatment and care in Haiti need urgent donations to support their earthquake relief efforts. They already have a lot of experience providing health care in Haiti, and need to do far more because of the extensive damage caused by last week’s devastating earthquake.
HIV worst in Caribbean
Haiti has by far the worst HIV epidemic in the entire Caribbean region.
Partners in Health has worked in Haiti for nearly 20 years, and has over 100 doctors, 600 nurses and 4000 employees in Haiti working from 10 Partners in Health hospitals providing relief services to those affected by last week’s earthquake. They urgently need donations and medical volunteers; visit StandwithHaiti for further information.
Partners in Health developed a pioneering HIV treatment programme in Haiti, which demonstrated that it was possible to deliver antiretroviral treatment successfully in one of the world’s poorest countries.
MSF has been operating in Haiti for 19 years and has great experience in HIV and TB care. Now it focusing on running its three hospitals with operating theatres in Port au Prince to perform urgent, lifesaving surgery. Find out how to donate here.
HIV clinic director was meeting Prime Minister when earthquake struck
Weill Cornell Medical College is collecting donations for GHESKIO, which provides HIV and TB care in Port au Prince. Staff at GHESKIO describe how they are trying to continue providing care to thousands of patients with HIV and TB here, while dealing with earthquake damage and casualties. Their Port au Prince HIV clinic is shown above - the picture was taken before the earthquake - the clinic is badly damaged but still standing. The director Dr Jean Pape says - 'I was at a meeting with the Prime Minister, The Minister of Health, the Director General, the Directors of WHO and UNAIDS, USAID staff, others when it all started. We were all able to get out before the room collapsed.' Help the clinic here
Film-maker and journalist Anne-Christine d’Adesky, who has reported extensively on the global epidemic and has family connections to Haiti, is blogging daily on the situation in Haiti and is providing a comprehensive overview of responses here.
Family Health International, which has worked extensively in Haiti, is also seeking donations for relief efforts.
In the USA Aid for AIDS International is collecting unused medicines from people in the USA for shipping to Haiti.
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