Programs: Partners In Health
Announced:
July 20, 2011
Category:
Facilitating Job Training & Workforce Development
Fund Amount: $1,812,220 Grant
In this video, see how Partners In Health is empowering Haitians
with the skills to strengthen Haiti's health infrastructure.
There is a critical shortage of trained medical professionals outside Port-au-Prince. Partners In Health estimates that there are currently only 15 doctors at l’Hôpital Saint Nicolas, the primary hospital for the people of St. Marc and the 1.5 million people in the Artibonite region.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to Partners In Health and its sister organization in Haiti, Zanmi Lasante, has established a medical residency education program in rural Haiti. This program is strengthening the capacity of l’Hôpital Saint Nicolas, which is the primary hospital for the people of Saint Marc and for the 1.5 million people in the Artibonite region. The program will train Haitian physicians and retrain Haitian nursing staff in this understaffed hospital, vastly improving the doctor-to-patient ratios in the region and the country.
At the same time, Zanmi Lasante is developing a first-ever certification program for auxiliary nurse training in Haiti. This nursing staff retraining program at l’Hôpital Saint Nicolas will act as a model for future trainings throughout the country.
Why We Invested in Partners In Health
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's grant to Partners In Health for Zanmi Lasante reflects our commitment to supporting job creation, particularly jobs in healthcare education, which develops the human capacity for long-term growth in Haiti.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
- Improve doctor-to-patient ratios at the public hospital in St. Marc by raising the number of full-time physicians from six daily to 20 daily.
- Train 18 new Haitian family practice physicians, and retrain 80-100 Haitian nursing staff, who will then go on to train another 1,000 health workers in the future.
- Increase the quality and scope of healthcare at l’Hôpital Saint Nicolas, the primary referral hospital for the 1.5 million people living in the Artibonite region.
- Promote a country-wide government strategy to strengthen Haiti’s health system, by addressing the chronic shortage of medical professionals outside Port-au-Prince.
About Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante
Partners In Health (PIH) works in 12 countries around the world to provide quality health care to people and communities devastated by joint burdens of poverty and disease. PIH has been providing vital health care services in Haiti for more than 20 years and is the largest health care provider in the country, working with the Haitian Ministry of Health to deliver comprehensive health care services to a catchment area across the Central Plateau and the Lower Artibonite Valley.
Creole for “Partners In Health,” Zanmi Lasante is PIH’s sister organization in Haiti. It was founded in 1983 and is currently the largest health care provider in Central Haiti, serving an area across the Central Plateau and Lower Artibonite regions. Since the 2010 earthquake, Zanmi Lasante has been working with Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population and the National Medical School of Haiti on plans to sustain medical education in the short-term and to improve it over the long-term. One of its projects is building a large-scale teaching hospital in Mirebalais.
Learn more about Partners In Health's work in Haiti at www.pih.org/haiti.
