Healthcare is a central part of Hope for Haiti’s holistic approach to poverty alleviation. By providing wound care, chronic illness management, health education, and preventative screenings, our Healthcare team empowers children, parents, and grandparents to lead healthier lives without having to choose between buying medicine and food.
Healthcare
We believe that access to quality healthcare is a human right.
Bringing Healthcare & Life-Saving Disease Prevention to Southern Haiti
Through our Infirmary St. Etienne in Les Cayes, mobile clinics, and public health initiatives, our team of Haitian healthcare professionals is making quality healthcare more accessible in southern Haiti. Here is a summary of the impact made possible through your support in fiscal year 2023:
128,000
Medical Consultations (general, pediatric, nutrition, laboratory, wound care, gynecology, chronic care, or physical assessment) provided through our Infirmary St. Etienne and mobile clinics
31,000,000+
in medical supplies, medication, and PPE distributed to the most vulnerable patients for free as well as 56 healthcare partner facilities
7,678
Cancer screenings performed (4,864 cervical cancer screenings and 2,814 breast cancer screenings)
5,734
Patients received vaccinations (pediatric vaccination or COVID-19 vaccination patients)
5,000
Children enrolled in Hope for Haiti's nutrition program
282
Mobile Clinics provided in rural communities
"I am so happy about the healthcare services that the Infirmary St. Etienne provided and that my son received his first vaccinations. I didn’t think this would be possible.”
- Odile, Mother of 2-year-old Josué
Healthcare Program Initiatives
- Infirmary St. Etienne
- Mobile Clinics
- Public Health Education and Nutrition
- Disease Prevention & Awareness
Infirmary St. Etienne
Located in Les Cayes, Haiti, our Infirmary St. Etienne provides primary care, referrals, and medication as needed. Our team of Haitian healthcare professionals provides everything from wound care to vaccination to dental care and empowers patients to live healthier lives by providing comprehensive health education.
Mobile Clinics
Our mobile clinic team travels to rural communities throughout the Sud Department to provide primary and dental care to some of the most vulnerable populations, sometimes even providing the first patient consultation a resident ever receives.
Public Health Education and Nutrition
Hope for Haiti collaborates with Community Health Workers who administer health lessons for our more than 7,000 students in partner schools, as well as adults in these communities, to help control and prevent the spread of sickness and diseases. Our Nutrition team also works with parents whose children are at risk of being malnourished to help them reach developmental goals.
Disease Prevention & Awareness
At both our Infirmary St. Etienne and mobile clinics, our healthcare professionals provide screenings for breast and cervical cancer, leading to more successful outcomes than a late-stage diagnosis and enabling women to be proactive about their health. Through screenings like these and our health education initiatives, our team works to empower residents of the Sud Department to be safer and healthier.
More About Our Work In Healthcare
Our team has provided more than 100,000 patient consultations each year since 2021, marking a nearly 400% increase in patient load since before the devastating earthquake that affected the Sud Department that year.
Help Increase Access to Quality Healthcare
Because we believe access to healthcare is a human right.
Learn More About Our Work
Education
Education is the backbone to economic and social development. See how we support students and teachers.
Healthcare
We believe healthcare is a human right, so we’re doing everything we can to make it more accessible in southern Haiti.
Clean Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
Investing in smart water, sanitation, and hygiene programs reduces poverty.
Economic Development
Intelligence and ability are equally distributed throughout the world, but access to economic opportunity is not. We’re working to change that in Haiti.