Newswise — An article published in yesterday's online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine describes the success and the challenges in medical care that doctors from the Weill Cornell affiliated GHESKIO clinic, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are faced with following the devastating earthquake on Jan. 12.
GHESKIO was the first institution in the world dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS. The center has provided continuous medical care in Haiti since 1982 -- never once shutting its doors or charging fees. Since the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake GHESKIO has been providing humanitarian assistance to 5,000 refugees, emergency care to thousands affected by the disaster, and continues to provide life-saving medications to people with HIV/AIDS.
The article was authored by Dr. Jean William Pape, the founding director of the GHESKIO clinic and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Warren D. Johnson Jr., the B.H. Kean Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Global Health at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.
The NEJM article is available online now and will appear in the Feb. 18 print edition. To read the full NEJM perspective and see current photos, go to http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp1001015?query=TOC.
For the latest updates on the GHESKIO clinic in Haiti, visit the Weill Cornell Global Health Web site at http://weill.cornell.edu/globalhealth.
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