Haiti
“The precious donations we receive from Global Links are like gold. They not only help us reduce the financial burden of having to purchase like items, but they also insure that we are able to continue to provide patient care as we would like with the adequate supplies to do so.”
Debbie Berquist Jules,
Chief Operating Officer,
Hopital Albert Schweitzer
Population: 9.4 million, 48.8% survive on less than one dollar/day (2001 figure)
Life Expectancy: 62 years, the lowest in the Americas
Infant Mortality Rate: 54
Maternal Mortality Ratio: 300 [180-520]
Infant and maternal mortality rates in Haiti are the highest in the hemisphere, and infant mortality rates have actually been increasing due to widespread poverty, inadequate health services, and the AIDS epidemic.
With the devastating earthquake of January 2010, the work to rebuild and improve Haiti’s health infrastructure will take many years.
Global Links began working in Haiti in 1989, and collaborates with the Pan American Health Organization, the Haitian Ministry of Health and other partner NGOs, including Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles and the House of David Community Health Center in Petionville. Working with these partners, we deliver critically needed medical furnishings, equipment and supplies to hospitals and health centers throughout the country.
Please donate now to support our efforts in Haiti.
For a map showing our projects in Haiti which was developed by InterAction, click here.
