1801 NW 9th Ave., Ste. 470
Miami, FL 33136
Tel: 305-243-2848
Fax: 305-243-1251
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The Haiti Project |
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In an effort to promote medical education more relevant to people’s needs and to improve the health status of the Haitian population, the Haiti Project of the Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami has sponsored during the past six years the training of Family Physicians and the establishment of a Family Practice Center at Justinien Hospital (a teaching hospital located in the city of Cap-Haitien, in the northern part of the country). The Family Practice Center is a training center and a point of service for the community of Cap-Haitien. This initiative stemmed from the recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the important role of the family doctor in addressing crucial health needs of communities and progressing toward the goal of Health for All. Since its inception, the program has graduated 15 physicians and 12 more are currently in training. Most of the 15 graduates of the program work in underserved areas of the country, providing a broad array of preventive and curative care. This initiative has made its mark in the medical environment of Haiti and has been the cornerstone of a successful partnership between the public sector of the Haitian health care system and the Miller School of Medicine. The Family Practice Center (FPC) has 20,000 registered patients of all age groups receiving comprehensive care including preventive interventions. The FPC also provides prenatal and post natal care, as well as HIV care. The FPC has teamed up with the Preventive Medicine Service of Hospital Justinien to offer a biopsychosocial approach to HIV care to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA). So far 1000 PLWA are receiving basic HIV care at the FPC, including 300 patients on antiretroviral therapy. The feedback from the patients and the community as a whole is positive. The Family Practice Center is dedicated to “Compassion, Respect and Excellence” in providing care to the patients using that facility. It has pioneered in Cap-Haitien many clinical initiatives such as the routine screening of sexually active women for HPV infection. Contact Us:Michel Dodard, M.D. André Vulcain, M.D. Judith Jerome-Ducheine, MPH
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