Apl’s medical team consists of compassionate and skilled clinicians who, in keeping with the overall mission, aim to prepare the future by giving individuals hope for the future through timely and consistent medical care. The medical component was born out of multiple needs assessment visits and meetings with local Haitian and Dominican officials. These efforts have given us insight in to disease frequency, but most importantly have produced recurring medical mission trips to provide acute and primary care to those who cannot afford it. Future efforts are underway for a permanent primary care clinic.
Banane is a city in the southeastern region of Haiti, approximately 46 miles from Port-au-Prince. It is situated in a mountainous region where the nearest hospital is about 20 miles away near the Haitian-Dominical border. People in this city have very limited access to transportation.
APL’s goal is to work collaboratively with the staff at the clinic in Banane, to improve primary care. Until adequate resource and a solid partnership is established frequent medical mission trips to continually gather data and treat acute and chronic conditions will be the focus. This will be accomplished through:
APL relies heavily on the partnership of many volunteers. If you area medical professional (i.e. Nurse, Physician) and would like to volunteer your services during one of our scheduled medical clinics, please see the information below:
There is a $20 application fee for each group member
Groups are responsible for their own airfair. Airfare is typically is around $500 roundtrip.
Below is the proposed itinerary:
In the future, APL has visions to accomplish several other medical endeavors.
