2011 June Humanity First Medical Newsletter

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Humanity First Medical June 2011 Update. The 5th Humanity First International Disaster Response Course.

Cloud Forest Clin ic in Hait i

June 2011

(Vol 2, Issue 5)

Welcome to the Humanity First Medical

update.

With these updates, we aim to keep you

informed about Humanity First medical

activities and talk about the latest in news

and controversies, in relation to our line of

work with these updates.

Please visit our website

Humanity First Medical

for more about our activities, contribution

to this newsletter or to contact members of

the Humanity First Medical team.

Humanity First 'tr iage' tent

5th Humanity First International

Disaster Response Course held in

Dulles, Virginia, USA

Humanity First International is delighted to

report that our successful and popular

Disaster Response Course has now

travelled abroad.

The 5th Humanity First International

Disaster Response Course was successfully

held in Dulles, Virginia, USA on the 5th, 6th

and 7th of May 2011. The course was

attended by 36 delegates. The 15 facultymembers from UK and USA disaster

response teams followed the format and

standards developed by the HF

International Medical team on principles

outlined in the Disaster Response manual.

The course was supported by the local fire

and rescue and a number of actors helped

to run the mock disaster scenarios. We are

very pleased to report excellent feedback

from the delegates who in particular

enjoyed the field exercises.

Dates for future courses in the UK and US

will follow in due course. In the longer term

it is planned to take the course to

Indonesia and Bangladesh where natural

disasters are frequent to enable us to

launch an effective early disaster response.
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Medical resuscit at ion lectur es on Day 2

The Cloud Forest Medical Clinic in

Haiti

Humanity First USA

The Haiti earthquake 12th January 2010,

left over 200,000 dead, 300,000 injured,and more than 3 million Haitians affected.

Humanity First (HF) was amongst the first

few humanitarian organizations that arrived

at the disaster zone and setup the relief

mission that served more than 50,000

Haitians in need. During a Disaster

Response Medical Reconnaissance Mission

in February 2010, Dr. Clayton Bell, a 27

year old physician from Arkansas and HF-

USA Disaster Response Volunteer identified

Seguin region in the Southeast of Haiti in

dire need of healthcare services.

Seguin is an isolated mountainous and

farming community of approximately

60,000 people located at more than 5,600

feet above the sea level. Haitian Christian

Outreach (HCO) an organization based in

A boy f rom Seguin

Regular meet ings are essentia l to update ski l ls and

knowledge at the c l in ic

We wish to thank B.Braun, sponsors of

the 6th Humanity First International

Disaster Response Course, for their

generous donation


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the area generously offered HF to use their

facility, Cloud Forest Medical Clinic, to

setup our medical clinic. In June 2010, with

the help of Dr. Bell, Humanity First USA

officially re-opened the Cloud Forest

Medical Clinic (CFMC). Aside from a small

dispensary located in Seguin, the next

closest healthcare facility is located two

hours away in Cayes-Jacmel.

The Cloud Forest Medical Clinic opened

only one year ago and has already seen

well over 8,000 patients. Some patients

walk many hours (up to 8 hrs each

direction) across the countryside to receive

medical care and it is not uncommon to

see a patient's donkey tied up front by the

clinic gates. Currently the clinic averages

between 100-150 patients per week with

busiest days being Mondays &

Thursdays (market days).

As of May 10, 2011, Ministry of Health

(MSPP) reports 302,401 cases including

5,234 deaths since the beginning of the

cholera outbreak in mid-October, 2010.

Spread of cholera remains a big worry in

the rainy season which is expected to last

until November. Ministry of Health (MSPP)

and PAHO/WHO is working with partners to

develop contingency plans. There is need

for continued support to improve access to

clean water and healthcare. The Humanity

First teams remain vigilant and continue to

monitor developments in Haiti.

We wish to thank the British society of

Paediatric Gastroenterology,

Hepatology and Nutrition, UK for

their support and donation to

Humanity First International.

We are also most grateful to BSPGHAN

members who made individual donations to

Humanity First International during the

Pakistan Floods disaster.

Field exercises on day 3 of the Disaster

Response Course

Please visit our website


for more about our activities, contribution

to this newsletter or to contact members of

the Humanity First Medical team.

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