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Haiti Medical Page has been online since 1997, without interruption.  Initially the initiative of one individual, it very soon became a collaborative work involving not only individuals with different skills (physicians, programmers etc..) but also different partner organization.

The first milestone was the searchable online physician directory. This is a unique database of Haitian physicians in Haiti and abroad continuously in construction thanks to the nature of the internet. It is available to any visitor in a password protected area. While the database had most of the basic information (name, class etc...), information such as address and phone numbers are usually provided by the physician himself.

With the help of different webmasters, the backend of the site received a major overhaul in order to make it as automated as possible. There is very minimal human involvement in the day-to-day management of this website. This was the only way to keep our operating cost as lean as possible. The forum, the classified section, the chat, the mailing-list system, the survey, among other features, were added in order to give the visitor the opportunity to interact with others.

The time-honored Haitian Medical Association (AMH), the Haitian Gynecological Society (SHOG) were invited to take advantage of the infrastructure of haitimedical.com and responded favorably. The monthly newsletter of the AMH has been published on a regular basis since September 2001 on the AMH website at http://www.amhhaiti.org or http://haitimedical.com/amh . SHOG has recently published its first newsletter at http://www.shog.org. An agreement with the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (AMHE) has made our technical team available to this actively growing organization. Their website is available at http://www.amhe.org or http://haitimedical.com/amhe. A site has also been set up for GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi) and is visible at http://haitimedical.com/gheskio . Other medical societies and organizations have either been invited or manifested an interest to join this symbolic, historical and unprecedented effort.

An agreement with the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) has put Haiti Medical in charge of the French version of the amfAR Treatment Insider, a very informative bymonthly newsletter. Les Perspectives Therapeutiques de l'amfAR are now available at http://haitimedical.com/amfar.

Some individuals and businesses have sponsored specific activities, like our first annual Contest, which is bringing specific public health issues to the attention of the general public. We are able to keep our operating cost at an affordable level with strategic partnerships and cooperative work. We will continue to seek synergistic interactions with similar or very different organizations in order to continue to provide relevant information and references on health issues about Haiti or about Haitians.

Thank you for visiting www.haitimedical.com

The Team of Haiti Medical

haitimedical.com
P.O. Box 413
Washington Mills, NY

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