Konbit Sante Cap-Haitien Health Partnership (supports Justinian Hospital and the Hospital Fort Saint Michel)
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ABOUT US
Started in 2000, Konbit Sante Cap-Haitien Health Partnership is a Maine-based volunteer partnership to save lives and improve health care in northern Haiti. Rather than developing a second, parallel health system, Konbit Sante works with the Haitian Ministry of Health and with Haitian colleagues to build capacity within the public system for Haitians to care for Haitians. So far we’ve developed specialized programs to improve care in pediatrics, internal medicine, infection control, neighborhood outreach, and women’s health. We have ongoing teaching efforts in nursing, pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, OB/GYN, urology, family medicine, and public health. We’ve installed a satellite-based internet system and have begun to make major improvements in water and electrical systems at Justinian Hospital, the area’s major public teaching hospital. We’ve also delivered nine full containers of badly-needed, mostly donated, medical equipment and supplies. The containers include basic supplies like bandages and sutures, and also highly-specialized items such as x-ray machines, operating and exam tables, computers, and teaching supplies. Konbit Sante has a small U.S. staff and supports 19 Haitian doctors, nurses, health workers, and administrators to support our work in Haiti. A group of highly-skilled volunteers work in the U.S. and also in Haiti to develop programs, teach, collect and deliver equipment and supplies, and to make infrastructure improvements - Service
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PROGRAMS
Much of our initial work has focused on Hôpital Universitaire Justinien (Justinian Hospital), the Fort St. Michel clinic on the outskirts of Cap-Haitien, and the surrounding neighborhoods
More details at:
http://www.konbitsante.org/Programs/index.php
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Konbit Sante: Cap-Haitien Health PartnershipCholera Update: The Ministry of Health is preparing to establish field treatment centers to isolate and treat patients. There is some guarded optimism that the epidemic is slowing down, and we hope that all of these preparations will not have to be called upon, but the course of such things in not entirely predictable, and it is best to work hard to be prepared for the worst.on Thursday
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Volunteer Opportunities
Inventory and Supply Management Volunteer
Konbit Sante is looking for a volunteer with expertise in inventory and supply management, preferably in the health care field.
Konbit Sante helped the Justinian Hospital in Cap-Haitien establish a very basic warehouse and inventory system where none previously existed. We now have an opportunity to expand and upgrade that system. We have formed an exciting partnership with Direct Relief International in Santa Barbara, California and, because of their support, have been able to hire a supply chain coordinator who works in Haiti. This partnership and others have also led to increased opportunities for obtaining free and low-cost equipment and supplies. Your expertise could help lead to dramatic improvements in supply availability and efficient use of equipment and supplies in this resource-poor public hospital and public clinics in the area.
Help in the following areas would be appreciated:
Training the in-country inventory manager, improving the physical set up of the warehouse to increase efficiency, improving requisition and stock management processes and possibly finding and implementing a simple inventory software tool. Travel to Haiti as a Konbit Sante volunteer would greatly increase the value of your assistance.
For more information and to find out whether this volunteer opportunity is a fit, please contact Marianne Ringel, Konbit Sante Program Specialist at 207-347-6733 or mringel @konbitsante.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Other opportunities:
http://www.konbitsante.org/Help/volunteer.php
Clinical Collaborations
Infrastructure Collaborations
Acquisition and Shipment of Equipment and Supplies
Administrative, Management, Financial, Office
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Donate Equipment and Supplies (In-Kind Donations)
Konbit Sante collects, organizes, and ships one or two full 40-foot sea containers of equipment and supplies to Cap-Haitien each year.
The Justinian Hospital and the Hospital Fort Saint Michel can use a great many things, large and small. When donating equipment and supplies, please keep in mind:
•Sometimes low tech is better than high tech because of ease of repairs and availability of replacement parts.
•Reliability is very important. Things sent to Haiti need to be in good working order.
•Because of customs requirements and shipping lead time, we are not able to accept medications with expiration dates less than six months from the date of donation.
See wish list of needed materials.
Have things to donate? Have something that isn’t on the wish list? Just call us at 207-347-6733 or email info @healthyhaiti.org or info @konbitsante.org.