The Haiti research-based model of international public health collaboration: the GHESKIO Centers. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • For 3 decades, GHESKIO (the Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), the Haitian Ministry of Health, and Weill Cornell have pursued a tripartite mission of service, training, and translational research. The initial focus was on AIDS and tuberculosis. The mission has expanded to include the local community and now provides maternal-child health, family planning, cancer prevention and treatment, immunizations (including human papillomavirus, cholera), and primary education through vocational and microcredit programs. Outcome measures include a reduction in HIV prevalence from 6.2% to the current 2.2%, extensive tuberculosis and cholera prevention and treatment programs, and national training programs for biomedical and community health workers.

publication date

  • January 1, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Cholera
  • HIV Infections
  • International Cooperation
  • Tuberculosis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4005809

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84890941388

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000031

PubMed ID

  • 24321987

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 65 Suppl 1