LAVE, LAVE, LAVE MEN NOU!
Okay, everybody, sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”: Lave, lave, lave men nou Wash, wash, wash your hands Lave...
Road Trips and Politics
As many of you may know, we are in the middle of a 3-year project to improve and pave the road between Cayes, on the southern coast and...
Murder Investigation Update
This update refers to my previous blog from December 9th. Yesterday we met with the local government leader who works in the area where...
Cholera and Vigilante Justice
Today was a day I’ll not forget for a long time – a day where rumor became reality and justice seems like a nonexistent dream. Let me...
Cholera Reaches Port-au-Prince
The cholera epidemic has now reached Port-au-Prince, according to Haitian government health officials. Over 70 cases have been...
Cholera in Haiti!!!
I’m sure you are all aware from the news channels that there has been an outbreak of cholera in Haiti. Cholera is a very deadly disease,...
HIV in Haiti
Clarice sat in her chair on the side of the desk in my examination room, looking intently at the little test cartridge. I was talking to...
Public Health Corner Summer 2009
Our overarching goal at Friends for Health in Haiti is to improve the health and change the lives and hearts of the people of Haiti. We...
Another Emergency!
This afternoon we took another pediatric patient to the general hospital in Jérémie. We had seen him, a three-year old boy, last Thursday...
U.S. Visit and Conferences
Greetings once again from Jeremie, Haiti! As I mentioned in a previous blog, Cherlie Severe and I recently spent a few weeks in the US,...