title: The Haiti research-based model of international public health collaboration: the GHESKIO Centers.
abstract: For 3 decades, GHESKIO (the Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes), the Haitian Ministry of Health, and Weill Cornell have pursued a tripartite mission of service, training, and translational research. The initial focus was on AIDS and tuberculosis. The mission has expanded to include the local community and now provides maternal-child health, family planning, cancer prevention and treatment, immunizations (including human papillomavirus, cholera), and primary education through vocational and microcredit programs. Outcome measures include a reduction in HIV prevalence from 6.2% to the current 2.2%, extensive tuberculosis and cholera prevention and treatment programs, and national training programs for biomedical and community health workers.
authors: *Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; †Centres GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
authors: Jean W
authors: JW
authors: Pape
authors: Patrice D
authors: PD
authors: Severe
authors: Daniel W
authors: DW
authors: Fitzgerald
authors: Marie M
authors: MM
authors: Deschamps
authors: Patrice
authors: P
authors: Joseph
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Riviere
authors: Vanessa
authors: V
authors: Rouzier
authors: Warren D
authors: WD
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D002771:Cholera / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000266:history; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy*; D006205:Haiti; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000266:history; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy*