“We have to do differently, we must do better, we must do more and we must start now.”
~ Recovery and Development Plan, Government of Haiti
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In July 2010, C2C will open a maternal and child health clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, offering primary care services to a population that suffered untold loss and injury as a result of the January 12th earthquake.

The Government of Haiti estimates that the earthquake resulted in US $169 million in damages to health infrastructure alone; so, while the reasons women and children seek professional healthcare have returned to pre-earthquake norms, the new challenges to the health sector are the damaged facilities themselves. C2C’s transportable, modular, and high-quality clinical model is well positioned to buttress the rebuilding priorities of the Ministry of Health.

Our pilot clinic will be installed at Grace Children’s Hospital in downtown Port-au-Prince in June 2010. Grace Children’s suffered extreme infrastructure losses during the earthquake, and today, most of their patients are being seen from beneath weathered tents. The C2C clinic will offer a dignified, secure and clean space for patients to be tested and treated for their primary care needs. Specifically, women and children will visit the clinic for: pregnancy care and reproductive health, childhood vaccinations, post-partum and newborn care, and infectious disease testing and treatment.

Americares will donate the supplies and medications used and prescribed at C2C’s clinic. Additionally, Management Sciences for Health and C2C will work together to expand the clinic’s relevance beyond what is immediately achievable at the hospital. We plan to educate against the health information gap that attends so much of a poor community health profile by organizing community health workers and health education classes focused on the unique needs of women and children.

Stay tuned to our blog, twitter and facebook accounts for updates on the shipment, installation, and opening of the clinic.