Health care is one of the greatest needs in Haiti. Haiti has 25 doctors per 100,000 people. Many people die of treatable diseases. Hand to Hand for Haiti founded the Providence clinic in Carrefour des Peres in the north of Haiti.
Celie St. Surin, a retired nurse, has been running the clinic since 2011.
Dr. Daniel Albert, a highly regarded physician who works in a hospital emergency department in Cap Haitien, sees patients at the clinic once a week. He is the only person HHH pays regularly for services. He is given a stipend of $300 a month, a bargain we negotiated with this prominent doctor. Nurse Celie now receives a small stipend, and clinic costs also include medication and supplies.
In the month of August 2018, the clinic saw 187 patients: 102 adults and 85 children.
There were 92 cases of anemia, 60 cases of hypertension, 15 patients with diabetes and 12 patients given prenatal care.