Education in Haiti

The Haiti Medical Education Project: development and analysis of a competency based continuing medical education course in Haiti through distance learning

BACKGROUND Recent calls for reform in healthcare training emphasize using competency-based curricula and information technology-empowered learning. Continuing Medical Education programs are essential in maintaining physician accreditation. Haitian physicians have expressed a lack access to these activities. The Haiti Medical Education Project works in alliance with Haitian medical leadership, f...

Orthopaedics in Haiti.

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale struck the island nation of Haiti, causing devastating losses of property, life, and limb. Orthopaedic surgeons from around the world responded to the mass casualty disaster and came together to treat many of the injured. That deadly earthquake focused the world’s attention on the Haitian health-care system. Despite...

Soccer and sexual health education: a promising approach for reducing adolescent births in Haiti.

OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of an innovative, integrative program in female sexual reproductive health (SRH) and soccer (or fútbol, in Haitian Creole) in rural Haiti by measuring the rate of births among program participants 15-19 years old and their nonparticipant peers. METHODS A retrospective cohort study using 2006-2009 data from the computerized data-tracking system of the Haitian He...

Congenital rubella syndrome in Haiti

Objective. To determine if there is an unrecognized problem of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in Haiti, a country without a national rubella immunization program. Methods. During March 2001 and June 2001, screening physicals were conducted on approximately 80 orphans at three orphanages in Haiti that accept disabled children. Children were classified as probable CRS cases based on establishe...

A hospital rises in Haiti.