Founder and CEO, MarieYolaine Toms, shares the purpose behind our Continuous Care Initiative (CCI) in Petit-Goâve, Haïti. Hear directly from community members on the ground about how the CCI has helped so many families receive the healthcare they deserve.
What Exactly is the Continuous Care Initiative (CCI)?
In 2017, Community2Community conducted a health assessment survey in the mountainside communities of Petit-Goȃve, a coastal commune in the south of Haïti. The findings of that survey birthed The Continuous Care Initiative,” a C2C initiative to engage in locally sourced preventative healthcare and education.
C2C initiative to engage in locally sourced preventative healthcare and education.
Like the name says, The Continuous Care Initiative (CCI) is not a hospital or state-of-the-art medical facility. It is an innovative way to provide families with in-country resources for health education, services, and preventive medications for identified illnesses. The CCI is innovative because it is a community development approach that partners with two main “peyizan” (Peasant) Peasant Association to Stakeholder Association.
What’s in It for Community Members?
15 Years of Impact
Dr. Peter educating Haitian families in the Mountainside Community of Petit-Goâve on the importance of taking care of their health during a CCI doctor visit.
1,200 Families
The CCI Has Provided Access to
A Health Committee (community health workers) available daily
1 Nurse available weekly
1 Doctor available monthly and as needed for consultation
1 Medical Team (from US/Haïti) visit once a year for specialty care, training, and support
A personalized ID card issued for each participating member that tracks their visit
Services and lab tests received by paying a small fixed fee to the Peasant Association
Educating the community on basic healthcare practices (diet, hygiene, dental, sexual health, child nutrition, vision health)
C2C at Work
C2C trip to Petit-Goâve for The Continuous Care Initiative (CCI)
Nurse explains prescription directions to CCI clients
The Facts
Mobile clinics establish a herd-like mentality. Regular wellness visits with the same doctor builds a relationship of trust and willingness to take care of oneself.
These services are not free. The nominal and highly affordable fees paid by the community are a monthly revenue stream for the local “peyizan” Peasant Association. The Peasant Association uses the revenue to cover ongoing administration, medicine, and supplies to ensure the monthly doctor visits continue. This format will make the initiative self-sufficient and sustainable.
The Continuous Care Initiative is life-saving. For example, when you prevent a child from getting diarrhea or cholera, you save its life. When you help adults lower their blood pressure, you save a life.
Where Do We Go From Here?
With your help, we will complete the next phase; building a Health & Wellness Center that will expand and continue the current offerings of the CCI plus:
Implement a telehealth system that can link medical staff in Haïti with medical professionals in our network for troubleshooting and guidance, including training
Provide quarterly CPR and First Aid training
Provide yearly cervical cancer screenings
Provide vaccinations
CCI health workers conducting intake with mountainside community member during monthly doctor visit
The Bottom Line
This Continuous Care Initiative (CCI) engages local communities to move from dependency to development of their own healthcare system.
This is our vision,
“creating self-sufficient communities by working with the community.”
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Monthly doctor visits led to a 30% decrease in high blood pressure via education and medication.
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Travel
Two-hour walk down the mountain to the hospital vs. 10 min walk to the CCI’s monthly doctor visit on the mountain.
92% ↓
Costs
Costs for doctor visits and health care have decreased by 92% from the start of The Continuous Care Initiative.
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