Haiti NCDI Poverty Commission
The Haiti NCDI Poverty Commission Co-Chairs are Dr. Jean Ronald Cadet of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), Dr. Gene Kwan of Partners In Health and Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Nancy Larco, Executive Director of the Haitian Foundation of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Commissioners represent a range of institutions including the MSPP units on Mental Health and Epidemiology, the Hospital of the State University of Haiti, Faculty of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante, the Group to Support and Control Cancer, Haitian Society of Hypertension, and the University Hospital of Mirebalais.
The Haiti Commission held its first meeting in December 2016 in Port-au-Prince. The Commissioners shared their expertise in cancer, epidemiology, rehabilitation, mental health, pain and palliative care, nephrology, and cardiology. They highlighted opportunities for strengthening data surrounding NCDs and injuries in the poor and the provision of testing and treatment. The Commission is enthusiastic to work on priority-setting and tell the stories of Haitian patients for advocacy.
Co-Chairs
Jean Ronald Cadet - Technical Consultant, Ministre de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP).
Gene Kwan - Cardiologist, Boston University and Advisor, Non-Communicable Diseases at Partners In Health in Boston, Haiti and Rwanda
Nancy Larco - Endocrinologist and Executive Director, Fondation Haitienne de Diabete et de Maladies Cardio-Vasculaires (FHADIMAC)
Commissioners
Paul Adrien - Director of Epidemiology Laboratory and Research, MSPP
Densa Bélony, Research Assistant, Haiti NCDI Poverty Commission and Zanmi Lasante
Jean-Pierre Brisma - Consultant, PLSI, OPS/WHO
Mauricio Cerpa - Epidemiologist, Health surveillance, disease prevention and control, OPS/WHO
Elsie M. Chalumeau - Head of Internal Medicine, HUEH
Roger Rémy Jean-Charles - Director, Centre Haitien d'Hypertension; President, Société Haïienne d'Hypertension
Philip Cleophat - Head of Internal Medicine, HUM, Zanmi Lasante
Jacques Clerville - Assistant Head of Epidemiological Surveillance, MSPP
Ruth Damuse - Director of Oncology, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Zanmi Lasante
Jean Claude Desgranges - Fondation du 3e âge
Eddy Eustache - Director of Psychosocial and Mental Health Services, Zanmi Lasante
Denise Fabien - Anesthesiologist, HUEH
Pascale Hertelou Gassant - Pediatric oncologist, Hôpital St-Damien
Rene Domersant Junior - Coordinator of the Mental Health Unit, MSPP
Benisa Joassaint - Mentor, Clinic Project Management Unit, MSPP
Rodolphe Malebranche - Head of Training and Research, FMP/UEH; Resident Director, HUEH
Nadine Montreuil - Administrative Director, Cancer Support Group (GSCC)
Ryan McBain, Director of Economic Evaluation, Partners In Health
Julio Pedroza - Health Service Systems Coordinator, OPS/WHO
Joelle Philogene - Director of the Sanatorium
Jocelyn Pierre-Louis - Director, Center for Health Promotion and Environmental Protection, MSPP
Linda Rimpel - Co-Head of Emergency Medicine, HUM, ZL
Shada Rouhani - Co-Head of Emergency Medicine, HUM, ZL
Richard Elie Romage - Chief of Rehabilitation, HUM, Zanmi Lasante
Gertie Surena - Director of Training and Communication, Cancer Support Group (GSCC)
Stanley Juin - Head of Epidemiological Surveillance, Center for Disease Control, USA
Serge Vertilus - Assistant Head of Internal Medicine, HUM