Health Through Walls Inc

HTW WAS CREATED TO ASSIST PRISONS IN RESOURCE-POOR COUNTRIES TEST, TREAT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS, TB, CHOLERA, COVID-19, STIS AND OTHER EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES; TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS TO ERADICATE MALNUTRITION IN PRISONS; TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH PROMOTION PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PRISONS; TO MODERNIZE SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AND TO IMPLEMENT SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS SO THAT PRISONERS CAN DEVELOP A SKILL TO USE ONCE THEY ARE RELEASED FROM PRISON. OUR FOCUS IS ON KEY POPULATIONS, AFFECTED FAMILY MEMBERS/SEX PARTNERS AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE. AT INCEPTION, HTW WAS THE ONLY NGO DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CARE TO THE PRISON POPULATION.

HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE FOR PRISONS IN HAITI OBJECTIVE IS THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN HAITI'S PRISONS. HAITI'S PRISONS DO NOT HAVE A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM OF CARE AND HTW THROUGH FUNDERS HELP TO FILL IN MANY GAPS THAT EXISTS TO PREVENT NEGLECT OF CARE OF THE THOUSANDS OF INMATES INCARCERATED THERE AND EVENTUAL DEATH OF THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR WHO CONTRACT A DEADLY DISEASE WHILE INCARCERATED THERE. HTW HAS DOCTORS, NURSES, LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, COUNSELORS, RADIOGRAPHERS AND PSYCHIATRISTS WHO WORK AT ALL 21 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. HTW IS CHARGED WITH SETTING UP A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM OF CARE PROVIDING SANITATION FOR ALL THE PRISONS AND CREATING A CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE OFFICERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND A HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PRISONERS. WE ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CLEAN WATER FOR CONSUMPTION.

IMPACT AGAINST TB AND HIV IS A PROJECT FORMED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GLOBAL FUND. THESE FUNDS ALLOW US TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE PREVENTION, SCREENING AND TESTING OF HIV/AIDS AND TB IN 5 ADDITIONAL PRISONS IN HAITI. THESE PRISONS ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. WE ALSO PROVIDE AND CARE TREATMENT SERVICES FOR ALL PRISONERS INDENTIFIED TB+ AND HIV+. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO SCREEN FOR MDRTB AND NEGOTIATE AND SET UP ISOLATION AREAS FOR THOSE IDENTIFIED. HTW IS CHARGED WITH RENOVATION OF PRISON MEDICAL OFFICES AND REPLACING DESTROYED EQUIPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF A HOSPITAL WARD AT THE PCPP-M, RECRUITING AND TRAINING MEDICAL STAFF FOR FACILITIES WITHOUT STAFF, TRAINING HEALTH PROMOTERS AND A PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ALL THE PRISONS.

KLINIK SOLIDARITE WAS FORMED FROM AN ALLIANCE WITH AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND LABORATORY SERVICES TO RELEASED PRISONERS INFECTED WITH HIV OR TB, THEIR AFFECTED FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR SEX PARTNERS AND ANYONE ELSE INFECTED IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE. KLINIK SOLIDARITE ALSO CARE FOR WOMEN WHO WERE PHYSICALLY ABUSED AND ABANDONED OR ORPHANED CHILDREN. THE CLINIC HAS ITS OWN LAB AND CLINICIANS, AND IT IS LOCATED IN BOURDON, HAITI.