Causes

Since January 12, 2010, the disastrous earthquake that claimed the lives of Haitians in hundreds of thousands, left many injured, and caused about 2 million people to be displaced from their comfort zones (homes), the health crisis has become overwhelming and has continually risen to an emergency level. The catastrophic incidence destroyed most government buildings, schools, homes, hospitals, and more, and this has put the health challenges on a higher pedestal. 40% of the Haitians have no access to primary health care, more than half has no access to drugs, 76% of deliveries are made by non-qualified personnel, and only one of every two children are vaccinated. 

Sadly, the overcrowding, poor living conditions, and deficiencies in the Haiti public health system led to the prevalence of the AIDS epidemic and increased Haitians’ risk for infectious diseases. Beyond doubt, the present intensifying health crisis in Haiti needs immediate medical attention.

MILLIONS OF DYING HAITIANS NEEDS YOUR QUICK RESPONSE 

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are in a chronic, devastating situation presently at the few remaining hospitals and overwhelmed clinics seeking the urgent need for medical attention. To face this complex crisis and respond to its mandate to defend the public’s health, the Illuminating Lives Foundation requests your support to ensure the best possible cohesion in the execution of the critical actions to save many lives from premature death prevent further disease outbreaks. The bottom line here is restoring lives and providing adequate medical support to people.

Over the past years, The Illuminating Lives Foundation has worked closely with renowned health professionals and other partners to respond to public health priorities and emergencies through donations and support from kind individuals and organizations.

While consistently striving to ensure public health stability, we aim to improve the quality of diagnostic testing for HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, cholera, rabies, and other major public health problems in Haiti.

Your donations, support, and partnerships, will be critical in ensuring and sustaining long-term success in preventing and overcoming several overwhelming health problems, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, cholera. Opportunistic infections, rabies, lymphatic filariasis, dengue, sanitation, and hygiene practices, child and maternal health, reproductive health, diabetes, high blood pressure, and chronic malnutrition;