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The Health Center was finished in February 2009, with the completion of the much-needed second story addition. The clinic now consists of living quarters for the medical director, a dedicated OB/Gyn suite, an isolation ward, a laboratory, a children’s ward, dorm rooms for visiting groups, office space, and a large community meeting room.
Medical
ServeHAITI’s Medical team sets forth a vision of healthy people in healthy communities in Grand-Bois, Haiti via a strong dedication to the improvement of community development, education, prevention, and care of individual health issues. This vision is achieved through the application of evidence-based measures and guided by the demands of the target population.
Deworming Program
Baseline data gathered in 2005 indicates 40% of school aged children in the Grand-Bois region are infected with worms. Members of the medical team and the Health Center have begun a collaborative effort with a non-profit organization that has experience with deworming children in Haiti. In spring of 2008, we began dispensing deworming medication to children. The cost of medicine to deworm a child for one year is only $.02. Make a donation
Nutrition Program
Based on data collected from a nutrition survey conducted in 2007, recommendations and implementation of nutritional supplementation, such as iodine, have been made. A family garden pilot project is underway to battle childhood malnutrition. Dr. Leopold has planted a well established garden directly in front of the health center.
Pharmacy
The Medical Team of ServeHAITI is responsible for selecting medications for a formulary and providing these essential medications to the Health Center. Approximately 60-70% of the medications for the health center are donated at a greatly reduced price. The remainder are donated.
Birth Assistants
ServeHAITI’s goal is to reinstate a more developed mother-fetal program which would include 3 prenatal visits, obstetric ultrasound, delivery, and postpartum check for mother and baby.
Primary and Acute Care
The St. Vincent de Paul Health Center is the hub of primary and acute care for the region of Grand-Bois. Serving more than 800 patients per month, the Health Center offers primary care services for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and malnutrition. Acute care services include an inpatient ward for the care of illnesses such as pneumonia, heart failure, diarrheal diseases and injuries. Oxygen treatment/nebulization are also available. An electrocardiogram machine (EKG) was delivered to the Health Center in March 2008; and, with contributions from Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta, an ultrasound machine was purchased and put to use for the first time in August 2009.
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