Zanmi Lasante
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Coordinates: 18°56′8″N 71°59′36″W / 18.93556°N 71.99333°W
Zanmi Lasante is a sister organization to the Boston-based Partners In Health that operates out of Cange in central Haiti. It was built in 1985 to treat patients incapable of paying hospital fees. [1]Its facilities include two operating wards, "adult and pediatric inpatient wards, an infectious disease center , an outpatient clinic, a women’s health clinic (Proje Sante Fanm), ophthalmology and general medicine clinics, a laboratory, a pharmaceutical warehouse, a Red Cross blood bank, and radiographic services." It currently has eight sites in the area of the central plateau of Haiti and serves over 500,000 people. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Kidder, Tracy (2003). Mountains beyond mountains. New York: Random House Publishing Group. pp. 1–300. ISBN 0-8129-730-1.
- ^ Zanmi LasanteOfficial PIH website on Zanmi Lasante.
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[edit] External links
Zanmi Lasante on Partners in Health website
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