As part of the project “Maintaining health services in times of Covid-19”, implemented from January 2022, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is supporting the Health Directorate of Northeast Haiti in the establishment of mobile clinics.
The aim of these mobile clinics, which were deployed in 14 hard-to-reach areas during the month of March, is to improve the health conditions of the populations of these areas, to provide counseling services as close as possible and to offer primary health services.
“The activities of the mobile clinic help us because we do not have enough financial means. It comes to us and it is free. We are happy with it,” explains Pierre Dieula, one of the beneficiaries who came to consult the mobile clinic in Miyere.
Through these mobile clinics, residents of these 14 sites were able to benefit from educational sessions, general and prenatal consultations, nutritional monitoring of children, immunization services and distribution of contraceptive methods.
Among the health professionals overseeing these activities, Milène Pierre, Polyvalent Health Agents says: “These mobile clinics are important because when people travel to go to the hospital near Fort-Liberté, it takes 3 hours. And if they use a medium of transportation, it can cost them 1,000 gourdas and it's expensive.”
This project, carried out with the financial support of the European Union, highlighted once again the critical issue of access to health care for the most remote populations and the importance of continuing to develop and support innovative projects adapted to both local constraints and needs.
