It is an ongoing challenge to establish and maintain adequate health services in rural Haiti. Prior to establishing our Borgne Health Alliance (Alyans Sante Borgne or ASB) in 2006, the H.O.P.E.  clinic, was the only staffed clinic and laboratory or first-line professional medical care available to this community. Today ASB treats over 35,000 patients per year through mobile clinics and the community hospital at Fond la Grange.  Despite significant progress since ASB’s startup, the lack of basic medicine, inoculations, vaccines and health awareness enables highly treatable and avoidable diseases, injuries and illnesses to become life-threatening and debilitating on a large  scale. Our goal is to provide  preventive and primary care medicine to the entire community. To date we have had significant success, but face ongoing challenges due to funding shortages to expand our work.  ASB has developed numerous successful partnerships to channel global funds and foundation support into this community.

• Alyans Sante Borgne/Borgne Health Alliance (ASB) – Since the formation of our partnership with MSPP (Ministry of Health) and the formation of  ASB in 2006 we have grown to a staff of over 70 staff, including 4 physicians and a cadre of nurses, auxiliaries, technicians and community health agents. All staff are Haitian and many were born and raised in the community. H.O.P.E. is responsible for management of this  health systems, which served more than 35,000 patients in 2009.  We continue to fund this system providing staff salaries and much needed medicines and supplies.
• Basic Sanitation and Health Education – Develop and provide training and education in basic health. This is critical to reduce and eliminate the extremely high risks of disease due to improper sanitation, water and nutrition. HOPE’s Technology Center (Sant Teknoloji) has operated a water purification and sanitation program for the past five years. Staffed by local workers, this program offers vital first-line disease prevention facilities and education to the region.
• Village Outreach Service – This service provides traveling outreach programs to the remote areas of Borgne. Previously most of the population had never seen a health services professional. There are currently numerous staff making rotating visits to the community. More frequent visits with better equipped staff will eliminate many of the serious health risks early enough to greatly improve conditions.
• Infant and Maternal Health Program – One of Borgne’s most serious health risks is found in child-birth and post natal care. As an example, one of every eight children born in Haiti does not live to see the age of five. Many mothers die of post-partum complications. Our program provides health education and pre-natal/post-natal care with a goal to eliminate this very manageable cause of death and disease.

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