The Earthquake in Haiti — Dispatch from Port-au-PrinceAn article published in yesterday’s online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine describes the success and the challenges in medical care that doctors from the Weill Cornell affiliated GHESKIO clinic, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are faced with following the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12.
GHESKIO was the first institution in the world dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS. The center has provided continuous medical care in Haiti since 1982 -- never once shutting its doors or charging fees. Since the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake GHESKIO has been providing humanitarian assistance to 5,000 refugees, emergency care to thousands affected by the disaster, and continues to provide life-saving medications to people with HIV/AIDS.