Weeklong campaign delivers single dose of vaccine, while care for the sick continues Originally posted on December 22, 2022 Health workers this week launched a new cholera vaccine campaign, hoping to slow, and ultimately end, the current outbreak that has quickly spread throughout Haiti. The weeklong campaign is led by Read more…
Treatment centers open amidst malnutrition, ongoing challenges Posted on December 21, 2022 As the latest cholera outbreak in Haiti continues, its impact is clear: children under 5 have been most affected. As of December 6, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported 13,586 suspected cases of cholera, 11,670 Read more…
PIH Canada’s National Director, Mark Brender, spoke to the situation in Haiti at Canada’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights Posted on December 9, 2022 Today, the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development conducted a briefing on the current Read more…
With outbreaks in Haiti and beyond, PIH calls for increased production and distribution Posted on November 29, 2022 Cholera outbreaks in Haiti and around the world are worsening, triggered by droughts, floods, war, and political instability that have forced vulnerable people to live amidst unsanitary conditions. At Zanmi Lasante (ZL), PIH’s sister organization Read more…
Officials report deaths, hospitalizations as PIH team cares for patients Posted on October 13, 2022 This information was updated on October 17. A recent cholera outbreak in Haiti, announced by the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population earlier this month, is adding turmoil to the country’s escalating troubles, where gang Read more…
Zanmi Lasante ‘not going anywhere, committed to our mission.’ Posted on Oct 5, 2022 Current Situation Haiti has faced a steadily deteriorating security situation over the past 15 months, which has worsened dramatically in recent weeks. Gang violence, protests, roadblocks, damaged communications infrastructure, and fuel shortages pose grave operational and Read more…
Health workers give two-dose oral regimen to tens of thousands in Neno District Posted on Sept 26, 2022 In Malawi, where residents have endured cyclones and storms followed by a cholera outbreak over the past nine months, local health teams have completed a massive oral cholera vaccination campaign in the Read more…
By Elizabeth CampaSenior Health and Policy Officer and Chief of Staff for the Executive Director Zanmi Lasante (PIH in Haiti) The lack of clean water and sanitation in many of Haiti’s schools and communities makes one wonder if social justice in the nation is dead, and requires a shock back Read more…
Photo by Jon Lascher / Partners In Health Fatu Kamara receives the first of two doses of oral cholera vaccine in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The teams wound down dirt paths, high-stepped through muddy slums, and climbed stairs cemented into lush hillsides. Never mind the lack of road signs and house Read more…
Photo by Aliesha J. Porcena / Partners In Health Nurse Widline Louis-Juste (left) and Dr. Maurice Chery speak with a patient at the Lascahobas CholeraTreatment Center. Six months ago, Hurricane Matthew plowed across the southern tip of Haiti, leveling houses, sweeping away crops and livestock, and killing approximately 100 people Read more…