Haiti relief efforts
Following is information regarding organizations that are actively seeking donations of both money and supplies to benefit those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, as well as examples of what Premier alliance members and suppliers are doing to assist. For questions and comments please contact: Alven Weil at 704.733.5797 or Morgan Bridges at 704.733.2152.
- How to Help
- What Premier alliance members are doing
- What Premier suppliers are doing
- Additional news
- CDC resources for clinicians treating individuals returning from Haiti
How to Help
Premier and Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) Ventures are working with Partners in Health and the Afya Foundation, disaster relief organizations collecting money and medical supplies for use in Haitian relief efforts. Specifically, the Afya Foundation is operating as a clearinghouse and conduit for medical supplies provided to voluntary physician groups, including Boston-based Partners in Health, which has set up field hospitals in Haiti to provide direct trauma care.
To donate medical supplies please visit the Partners in Health Web site: http://standwithhaiti.org/haiti/news-entry/how-you-can-help-volunteer-and-donate-supplies/.
You may also contact: Sarah Schuyler, manager, domestic resources and logistics of the Afya Foundation at 914.338.7034.
For more information on the response to the disaster and list of other organizations you can donate to, visit www.usaid.gov. Inquiries related to donations should be e-mailed to cip@hhs.gov. To make donations, the U.S. State Department requests that hospital organizations register at helphaiti@state.gov.
Additional organizations that are accepting both monetary and medical supply donations include:
- AmeriCares
Joanne Cooper
jcooper@americares.org
203/658-9532 - World Vision
Todd W. Smithh
tosmith@worldvision.org
412/259-6024 - HOPE
Marianne Timmons
marianne.timmons@wegmans.com
585.732.4232.
What Premier alliance members are doing
- Alamance Regional Medical Center
- Baptist Health to Donate 1 Million Meals to Haiti
- Catholic Healthcare West
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta helps victims from Haiti
- Cooper University Hospital (NJ)
- Florida Hospital
- Mountain States Health Alliance
- SSM Health Care-St. Louis
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/West Penn Allegheny Health System
- Yankee Alliance
What Premier suppliers are doing
- 3M
- Abbott
- Ansell
- Baxter International Inc.
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Cardinal Health
- ConvaTec
- Covidien Haiti Response
- Kimberly-Clark Health Care
- GE Foundation
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Medtronic Inc.
- Merck
- Pfizer
- Premier Merchant Processing
- Siemens Healthcare
- Stryker Corporation has donated $200,000 worth of products, contributed $100,000 to the Red Cross/Crescent, and established a $1 for $1 employee contribution matching program up to an additional $150,000 in total matching contributions.
- U.S. Foodservice
Additional News
- Premier employees help raise $30,000
- GPO's work with Clinton Foundation to expedite much needed medical supplies to the people of Haiti
- H.R.4462 - To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti
CDC resources for clinicians treating individuals returning
from Haiti
CDC Earthquake
- Earthquake disasters
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/earthquakes/
Below is a list of additional resources for potential infectious diseases that patients arriving from Haiti may present.
Typhoid
- Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-2/typhoid-paratyphoid-fever.aspx
Hepatitis
- Hepatitis ABC Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Resources/Professionals/PDFs/ABCTable_BW.pdf
Tuberculosis
- TB Guidance for Haiti Earthquake Responders
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/NewsandAnnoucements/earthquakes.htm - TB-Elimination: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/testing/diagnosis.pdf
Malaria
- Treatment of Malaria (Guidelines for Clinicians)
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/pdf/clinicalguidance.pdf
Dengue
-
CDC Health Advisory -
Potential for Dengue Infection Among Relief Workers Returning from Haiti April 2010 - Dengue Information for Healthcare Practitioners
http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/resources/Dengue&DHF%20Information%20for%20Health%20Care%20Practitioners_2009.pdf
Diphtheria
- Diphtheria Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/diptheria_t.htm
Leptospirosis
- Leptospirosis Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/leptospirosis_t.htm
Lymphatic Filariasis
- Lymphatic Filariasis Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/factsht_lymphatic_filar.htm
The following resources were developed for other types of disasters but have information that can be applied to Haiti response efforts.
Medical Management and Patient Advisement After a
Disaster
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/management.asp
Post Disaster Medical Screening: NIOSH Guidance for
Post-exposure Medical Screening of Workers Leaving Hurricane Disaster
Recovery Areas
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/pdfs/Medscreenwork.pdf