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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
Humanity First Medical
for more about our activities, contribution
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the Humanity First Medical team.
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