1902 Clairmont Road Decatur GA 30033 www.globalhealthaction.org www.facebook.com/globalhealthaction HAITI FACT SHEET COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM, PETIT-GOÂVE Background: From 2004 to 2010, Background: The predominantly mountainous GHA implemented a USAID-funded commune of Petit-Goâve has a total population of Maternal and Child health (MCH) 157,296 and is divided in 13 communal sections. project in Petit-Goâve, Haiti, aimed at reducing rates of maternal and Access to and availability of basic social services is infant mortality. Then, in light of the poor. devastating earthquake of 2010, GHA conducted a comprehensive Activities: Continuing the work begun during the MCH community-based needs assessment project, GHA supports a network of Community Health to better understand the current Workers (CHWs), Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), needs and capacities. and mobile clinics to provide basic health care services. Through this network, GHA provides primary health care (at the stationery clinic in Olivier), ante- and post- natal care, referrals for pregnant women, family planning services, infant growth monitoring and regular CHW-led community education sessions on healthy practices. Partners: GHA believes in strategic on-the-ground partnerships for effective program delivery and success. In Petit-Goâve, GHA works in partnership with the Methodist Church of Haiti (and the health center at Olivier) and with the Haitian Ministry of Health’s district level health offices. In 2011, app. one in five people living in Petit-Goâve were directly or indirectly served by GHA’s Community Health Program Primary Care Infants & Children Women Health Education Men 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% In 2011, GHA-supported CHWs, TBAs, and clinics provided primary health services to more than 27,000 rural Haitians, including over 11,300 children and 9,200 women. An additional 6,400 men, women, and children participated in community health outreach and education programs, and more than 200 community leaders and health providers were trained in cholera prevention and control. .