Partners in Health, the Haitian organization which pioneered community based treatment of HIV/AIDS in low resource settings, is now operating in a third African country, Malawi. Read more »

For years the medical and international aid communities were under the erroneous impression that the poor could not be counted on to take medications on a timely and consistent basis like those living in developed countries. Read more »

Each of the members of Haiti Innovation's Board of Directors was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Each of us had rewarding experiences, alike in some ways and different in the others. For us, it was an opportunity to become familiar with another culture intimately, to learn another language fluently, and to work side by side with out Haitian counterparts on projects with the potential to change a community for the better. We learned about Haiti, and through us, Haitians learned about the United States and Americans. Read more »

There is perhaps no measure of a country’s health situation as telling as the health of its children. Children are often the most vulnerable members of society, especially when they are living in areas affected by conflict and/or have been displaced. Read more »

Another World AIDS day has come and gone. Global interest and expenditures on HIV/AIDS are at record levels. While interest and expenditures are prerequisites to winning this war, they are not sufficient. It’s time to assess where we are in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. Read more »

Today is world AIDS Day. This morning, National Public Radio did a wonderful peice on the fight to save lives in Haiti and the recent success they have enjoyed. Listen to the report by clicking here.

Robert Miller
Haiti Innovation

There was a period of time in the late sixties and early seventies when public health specialists thought the war on infectious disease was being won. This over-confidence proved disastrous. Old scourges have re-emerged to become public health problems of enormous consequence. Tuberculosis, perhaps as old as man itself, is an excellent example. The Greeks referred to TB as "phthinein”, meaning “to waste away.” In the middle ages it was known as "White Death". Later, it became "Consumption". Considering the length of time it has been with us, the name "tuberculosis" itself is relatively new. Read more »

Washington, D.C., August 18, 2005 (PAHO)—A stronger effort will be needed for Guyana and Haiti to reach the public health objectives of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, a set of principles for international health cooperation, according to two officials of the Pan American Health Organization (PAH Read more »

This is an older article, but I thought it would be ideal for starting a discussion about community based approaches to infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. As this article illustrates, when communities such as Cange (Kanj) or Thomonde (Tomond) organize and mobilize against infectious disease, the results can be both impressive and inspiring.   Read more »