Feeding orphaned infants

Here I'm examining a 2-month-old girl brought to an International Medical Corps mobile clinic in Petionville.

The infant suffered from malnutrition as her father struggled to feed her in the absence of the child’s mother who perished in the earthquake 2 weeks prior.

Mashing up whatever food he could find to feed the newborn infant, the father looked to International Medical Corps to assist him in feeding his child. Haitian nurses assisting in the mobile clinic identified a local breastfeeding mother who volunteered to help feed the child, and both parties were managed by the nearby DMAT clinic to coordinate a wet-nursing schedule.

Doctor Jennifer Schwieger

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Mobile Clinics in and around Port-au-Prince

International Medical Corps reached out to communities both within and outside of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

The physical structures of each clinic varied widely, from an apartment building courtyard such as the one pictured above in Petionville, to make-shift tent structures as pictured below.

Dr. Jennifer Schwieger

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Dr. Jennifer Schwieger: Training local health workers

As International Medical Corps expanded its role outside of the University Hospital through mobile clinics, the main objective focused on finding local Haitian physicians, nurses and health personnel to run the clinics. Working side-by-side initially, International Medical Corps staff transitioned out, leaving supplies and support to the local physicians such as the one pictured here.

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