In order to strengthen the operational capacity of several institutions of the first level of care, of District Health Units, Communal Health Units, Communal Health Offices and 3 Community Reference Hospitals of the West Department, in the management and transmission of data, the office of the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Haiti in collaboration with the Brazilian project, this week delivered a second batch of IT equipment to the Western Health Director, Dr Martial Bénêche

This donation of IT equipment is part of the project to strengthen the West health department through health institutions, whose the objective is to support the institutions of the first level of care in the department.

This initiative is executed by the PAHO/WHO Health System and Services Program, with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Brazil and the GAVI Alliance.

These equipments include among others: laptops and desktops, multifunction printers and routers with prepaid internet plan for one year.

The institutions concerned are : the Community Reference Hospitals of Carrefour, Beudet and Bon Repos, the municipal health offices of Carrefour, Pétion-ville, Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Kenscoff, Cornillon and Ganthier; the Communal Health Units of Matheux, Cul-de-Sac Frontière and the District Health Units of Petit-Goâve, Gonaviennes, and Anacaona.

The handing over of this equipment is part of PAHO's desire to support the Ministry of Public Health in the management and transmission of data.

HL/ HaitiLibre