Haiti
In partnership with the Government of Haiti, CDC seeks to strengthen and further the significant but fragile global health security gains made in Haiti through CDC’s post-earthquake support, set to end in Fiscal Year 2020. Specific public-private partnership resource needs in Haiti include:
Surveillance–Disease Investigations
NEED
While great strides have been made in Haiti’s ability to detect diseases and support a One Health approach, additional support for the national surveillance program is needed to ensure sustainability for priority diseases.
INTERVENTION
Support infectious disease investigations by strengthening the national and departmental/site-level surveillance programs, including the HIV/AIDS integrated case-based surveillance system
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Surveillance
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$4.1 million
Laboratory–Capacity Building
NEED
In order to accurately identify and detect pathogens, Haiti’s laboratory quality systems need improvement.
INTERVENTION
Improve pathogen detection by building public health laboratory capacity through expansion of Haiti’s specimen storage, operationalizing the country’s National Specimen Referral Network and building national and subnational laboratory capacity
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Laboratory
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.9 million
Workforce Development–Epidemiology Training
NEED
Improve Haiti's public health workforce capacity in business administration to ensure proper management of public health projects.
INTERVENTION
Support the Field Epidemiology Training Program and provide community health workers with surveillance training and training in business management software
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Workforce development
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$4.6 million
Emergency Preparedness–Operations Center
NEED
Hit by multiple natural disasters over the past decade, preparedness and emergency response capacity are critical in Haiti.
INTERVENTION
Fully operationalize an Emergency Operations Center in Haiti by finalizing interoperability of information technology and purchasing equipment, developing table top exercises and continuing training of EOC personnel
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Emergency preparedness
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$464,000
Disease Focus–Cholera
NEED
While Haiti is recording the lowest levels of suspected cholera cases since 2011, cholera remains a public health threat and gains made since the last outbreak must be maintained.
INTERVENTION
Interrupt cholera transmission by enhancing Haiti’s laboratory cholera surveillance and response capacity and implementing water, sanitation and hygiene projects
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Disease specific (Cholera)
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$4.1 million
Disease Focus–Lymphatic Filariasis
NEED
Lymphatic filariasis is on the cusp of elimination in Haiti, one of only four countries in the Americas where the disease remains.
INTERVENTION
Eliminate lymphatic filariasis through mass drug administration, morbidity management and disability prevention and surveillance
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Disease specific (Neglected tropical disease)
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$15 million