NOVA Hope for Haïti has been providing medical care in southern Haïti for almost a decade through its volunteer medical missions. It has long been our goal to establish permanent care in the community we serve. As is unfortunately the case in Haïti, we have hit many bumps and snags in trying to realize this goal, however we are quite close to launching the program with a target date in Fall 2012.
Currently NOVA has a team of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working together on a program design that focuses on pregnant mothers and their children up to five years of age. This will include monitoring and care during pregnancy and follow up of both mother and child to insure the complete course of recommended vaccinations and treatment of childhood diseases. Nutrition will be monitored with intervention where necessary, and training courses in the basic principles of personal hygiene and family planning will be offered. Community health fairs and patient clubs will be developed to spread the word locally and garner acceptance of the novel concepts that NOVA will be introducing. The program will operate year round and make a profound difference in the health and well being of our urban and rural neighbors.
