American-Haitian Partnership Invests in the People of Haiti

Only 60 percent of Haiti's approximately 8.7 million people have access to primary health care services due to political instability, violence, natural disasters and poverty.

In Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting an approximately $85 million health project. The project began in 2000 and ends in 2007.

The effort focuses on child survival, maternal health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and helping Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population provide basic health care services to the Haitian people.

The following photo documentary illustrates some of the high-impact health services the U.S., through USAID, is supporting in the Caribbean nation.

	Etienne Polène and her 4-month-old son Noel Rose-Carlove		Three-week-old Richelande Osias, one of the thousands of children under 1 benefiting from vaccinations
	A mother holding her infant who is getting vaccinated		A mother gets ready to weigh her child at a rural mobile health clinic in Poussière
	Child being weighed at a rural mobile health clinic		Eighteen-month-old Jovenson being treated for pneumonia
	Seventeen-year-old Mide-Love Joseph receives prenatal care		Rosianie and Alette waiting for prenatal tests
	A midwife checks a pregnant woman for anemia as part of her prenatal consultation		Antoinette receives iron tablets to reduce the severity of her anemia
	Antoinette eats a meal of milled rice and beans to improve both her own nutrition and her child's		A USAID program to reduce maternal mortality
	Poorly maintained roads make it difficult to transport people quickly to health facilities		Five-year-old Nahomie receives treatment at Grace Children's Hospital
	Marjorie, a 12-year-old orphan, receives treatment and care for pulmonary TB		Jules Anne, one of more than 7,000 individuals in Haiti benefiting from antiretroviral services supported by the U.S.
	A 38-year-old woman meets with her doctor at a counseling and testing center for HIV		Dr. Robert Jasmin, Director of Health for Haiti's North Department