HEALTH CORPS HAITI
Fostering professional and academic medical education opportunities in Haiti.
Expanding Opportunities
Health Corps Haiti is a 501-C3 organization formed in 2017, by an advisory board of International Wilderness Medicine experts. Since launching Medical Student Missions in 2010, we have established close ties with the Haitian health department and the local hospital medical director.
Culturally Integrated
Through our relationship with the State University of Haiti, Henry Christophe School of Medicine, Limonade campus, we sponsor and facilitate fundraising, symposiums and continuing medical education, as well as supporting and increasing medical aid infrastructure in Haiti.
Symposium on Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Fever
and Meeting of the WMS Global Health Committee
May 7-9, 2017
Location:
The Université d’Etat d’Haiti, Campus Henri Christophe de Limonade Science de Santé.
Optional CME credits available.
Course Directors:
Christopher Van Tilburg, MD and Bill Forgey, MD
Faculty:
Dr. Max J. Mondestin, MD, MPH, Public Health Director, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Dr. James H. Diaz, MD, MPH&TM, DrPH, Louisiana State University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Zakir Murtaza, Ph.D., Applied Biomedical LLC, Placentia, CA
Dr. Kari B. Fitzmorris-Brisolara Sc.D., Louisiana State University School of Public Health and Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Dr. Weegina St-Vil, M.D., Université d’Etat d’Haiti, Science de Santé
Course:
Global Health Initiative: Integrating Medical Education to Haiti. Dr. Forgey with guest faculty Senator Maxime Roumer and Max J. Mondestin, M.D., MPH
Meeting of WMS Global Health Committee
Zika and Maternal-Fetal Health in Haiti. Dr. Modenstin
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue: Challenges in Treatment – the Haiti Experience. Dr. Modenstin, M.D.
Field use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Zika, Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya. Dr. Murtaza
Be Better Prepared for Zika: Part 1. Preemptive Personal Protection and Personal Vector Control. Dr. Diaz
Be Better Prepared for Zika: Part 2. What are the Best Largescale Solutions? What about for the Poorest Nations at the Greatest Risks? Dr. Diaz and Dr. Fitzmorris-Brisolara
Haiti and the Future of Medicine Discussion.