Sante Medical Social Soufriere (Supported by G.R.O.W. Project)

Campaigns 2

• 2010 /2011 Haiti Cholera Epidemic ArchivedJoined Feb 5, 2011
• 2010 Haiti Earthquake ArchivedJoined Feb 5, 2011

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About this facility

Mission

The Mission of The GROW Project is to create mutually beneficial community-to-community partnerships between the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia and other communities in the United State and the developing world, and to work between the communities to share resources and ideas while growing a clearer understanding of our shared global community. In response to the cholera epidemic, we have established a concrete presence in a rural area in the mountains near Cap Haitien to provide healthcare to a population of about 10,000 who, even before the earthquake last January, had no heath care infrastructure.
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We advocated for the region and encouraged Doctors without Borders/Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) to partners on the cholera response. Together, we were able to launch a community-based cholera response utilizing local infrastructure, civic organizations, and leadership to effectively distribute information and supplies as well as get as many patients as possible access to the cholera clinic/tent. As of February 5, 2011, our Haitian team has taken over the running of the entire cholera clinic as MSF continues to scale back its leadership on the cholera response. The cholera clinic is continuing to function and we are slowly adding additional primary health care aspects to the clinic. The clinic is entirely staffed and organized by our Haitian team which includes a community health worker and nursing staff living at Soufriere and several Haitian doctors who spend their days off each week helping. Our Haitian team has strong ties to this area through family and churches and was well-placed to lead such an intervention as well as have an in-depth understanding of the greatest needs.

Service

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