Helping Haiti

Hope for Haiti?

Haiti, one of the world's five poorest nations, gets international attention because of the number of refugees who leave by boat in search of a better future. The 80,000 inhabitants of Ile de la Gonave are neglected, even in Haiti--there is no government medical post, and facilities in the health posts run by missions are minimal. Typhoid and cholera epidemics threaten the island. Médecins Sans...

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...

Helping Cancer Patients to Fight with Infection

نوتروپنی در صورتی که منجر به شوک عفونی گردد، میتواند باعث مرگ بیمار شود مقابله با عفونت، شامل بررسی دقیق، مراقبت های پیشگیری کننده و مداخله به موقع می باشد. بیماران سرطانی بستری در بیمارستانها، اغلب در معرض خطر عفونت قرار دارند. بویژه اگر احتیاج به درمان شدید با روش های تشخیمی داشته باشند. هرگونه عفونت می تواند تهدیدی برای زندگی بیماران دارای نوتروپنی محسوب شود.

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.