Haiti has the highest maternal/newborn mortality rate in the western hemisphere. 75% of Haitian women deliver their babies without a skilled birth attendant. Access to these skilled birth attendants is complicated further by the reality of poverty, geography, and poor quality of obstetric care.
SITE
Grand Goave, Haiti
DATES
2018 - Project trip
2019 - Design Completion
2020 - Birthing Clinic construction completion
DESCRIPTION
As of April 2020, the birthing clinic has been completed. A UN study estimates that Haiti requires 80 birthing clinics, but only 8 exists at the time of our project visit. Haiti ARISE has begun using the facility for midwife training and child nutrition programs until the clinic can fully open. Listen to the full story here: Birthing Centre Design in Haiti. The birthing clinic is part of a much larger North campus which includes a boys and girls school, admin, auto-body shop and vocational school. Photos courtesy of Haiti Arise.
