Health – Updated March 2011

Lack of access to and inadequate health services combined with sub-standard sanitation systems place
Haiti at the bottom in terms of health in the western hemisphere. With approximately 40 doctors per 100,000
Haitians, approximately twenty-five percent of births are attended by a skilled professional. The situation
only deteriorated on January 12 and was further affected by the cholera epidemic which has claimed
thousands of lives. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has estimated requiring over $ 600 million (USD) for the
recovery and reconstruction of the health sector over a three year period.

Sector Summary (from Haiti Aid Map) Pre-Earthquake Snapshot

Number of Members* 42 78 under-5 mortality rate (per 1000 adults)
670 maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 births)
Number of Projects* 213
58% infants immunized against measles
Number of Communes Covered* 139 20% deaths caused by diarrhea (under-5)

*The information above is compiled from project Post Earthquake Snapshot

information collected for InterAction’s Mapping 900,000 children at risk
Initiative. For detailed information on member 22% of health infrastructure damaged
projects, please visit http://haiti.ngoaidmap.org 400,000 individuals affected by cholera

Progress at 6 months Progress on January 12, 2011

916,000 vaccines administered Please visit the Resources Section at

345,000 boxes of medicines and supplies distributed http://www.interaction.org/haiti to obtain one-year
150 operating health facilities reports detailing the work done by individual
800,000 mosquito nets to be distributed member organizations working in Haiti.

InterAction Member Activities (from Haiti Aid Map)

 Integration of HIV testing, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)

 Follow-up care for HIV exposed newborns into maternal, newborn and child health interventions
 Custom fitting of prosthetics and orthotics to men, women and children
 Procurement of relevant commodities for the control and management of malaria and dengue fever
 Purchasing microscopes to expand laboratory capacity
 Targeted supplementary feeding for children under five and pregnant lactating women
 Outpatient therapeutic care

Challenges
Cholera epidemic
Sites unsuitable for borehole drilling (landscape)
Overcrowding of urban environments

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InterAction Members (from Haiti Aid Map)

 Academy for Educational Development  Global Links
 Action Against Hunger  Handicap International
 Action Aid International USA  HelpAge USA
 All Hands Volunteers  Humane Society International
 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)  IMA World Health
 American Jewish Joint Distribution  International Medical Corps
Committee  Life for Relief & Development
 American Jewish World Service (AJWS)  Lutheran World Relief
 American Red Cross  Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
 American Refugee Committee International  MAP International
 AmeriCares  Medical Emergency Relief International, USA
 Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team  Medical Teams International
(AMURT)  Mercy Corps
 Baptist World Alliance/Baptist World Aid  Operation Blessing International
 BRAC USA  Physicians for Peace (PFP)
 Brother’s Brother Foundation  Plan
 Catholic Relief Services (CRS)  Project Concern International (PCI)
 Christian Blind Mission  Save the Children
 Church World Service  United Methodist Committee on Relief
 Direct Relief International  World Hope International
 Episcopal Relief & Development  World Relief
 Food for the Poor  World Vision US, Inc.

Source(s): World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Inter-Agency Standing
Committee (IASC), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

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