USAID and JHPIEGO Working with Hôpital Sacré Coeur

JHP-1Haiti has long suffered from substandard performance in the areas of maternal and newborn health.

In an effort to improve that performance Le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (The Haitian Ministry of Health) has coordinated with USAID and JHPIEGO to create and deliver a Maternal and Child Survival Program. Hôpital Sacré Coeur has been asked to participate as training center and sub recipient of this grant and we have accepted.

Who is JHPIEGO? Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of JHPIEGO, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

JHP-2Our role in this training grant is to create an annual training program in the areas of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. This will be accomplished by maintaining a training skills lab and simulation center at Hôpital Sacré Coeur. The training coordinator and staff needed to design and implement these programs will be part of our HSC staff. Staff at HSC is presently working with JHPIEGO, the Haitian Maternal and Child survival program, and Holy Name Medical Centers Institute for Simulated Learning to select the most appropriate training modules for the needs of the Northern department.

Programs such as Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care, Helping Babies Breathe, Helping Babies Survive, Kangaroo Mother Care and Integrated Management of Childhood Illness are all part of the pre-packaged offerings JHPIEGO provides, but we can select and modify as needed to meet our specific needs.

JHP-3Hôpital Sacré Coeur will be allowed a reimbursable budget of $300,000 per year for three years as part of this project.

We are grateful to USAID, MSPP and JHPIEGO for acknowledging the leading role Hôpital Sacré Coeur has taken in improving the delivery of healthcare in the North.