Haiti - December 2011

Cap Hatien and Port au Prince

Barry J. Anderton MD, Tom Lacy MD

Sandra Anderton - Administrator
Theodore Berthony - Project Manager

 

 

This trip was mainly for development of future HBB courses in Haiti.  We were accompanied by Dr. Tom Lacy in Cap Hatien whose NGO, Hands Up For Haiti has had presence in the North for several years.  They support clinics with rotating docs form the USA and are active in neonatal resuscitation training.  We were able to meet with the MOH for the North, Dr. Jasmine, and present the HBB  concepts to him. He was supportive and will assist us in a roll out of HBB in the North.  We conducted a one day HBB course to Residents and staff of the Hospital Justinene in Cap Hatien .  Participants numbered 23.  In Port au Prince we were able to meet  with the Director of the National Midwifery School.  She in supportive of included he students in a future course.  I conducted a one day introductory course to the staff of Grace Childrens Hopsital. They have monthly in service training for over 100 local midwives.  They are interested in participation in future courses.