FHM News
FHM hosts Haiti sans Cervical Cancer meeting in RTP May 2 & 3, 2024
Haiti sans Cervical Cancer (HsCC) is holding a two-day event May 2 & 3, 2024. (FHM is one of the co-founding organizations for HsCC) HsCC is a consortium of partners, in Haiti and abroad, committed to working together to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in...
UN chief welcomes Kenya’s offer to `positively consider’ leading police force to combat Haiti gangs
Story by By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press • 3:38 pm Click Read More then follow this link to the AP News Story
Fighting for Haiti, CBS Reports
Published July 6, 2023 by CBS News Streaming Network In July 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated, leaving a power vacuum seized upon by rival gangs that now effectively run the capital city of Port-au-Prince. It’s the latest in a long history of...
U.N. appoints Ecuadorian diplomat as envoy to Haiti
(Reuters) – The United Nations has named Ecuadorian diplomat Maria Isabel Salvador as the organization’s new Special Representative to Haiti and head of the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), the international body said in a statement on Wednesday. (click link...
Growing Relationship with Haiti Nursing
Family Health Ministries has had a relationship with the first BSN Nursing School in Haiti since it opened its doors in Leogane in 2005. Over the years, FHM has provided scholarships, mentored nursing students in research projects, provided clinical sites for nursing...
Update on cervical cancer prevention
Partnership with Basic Health International & Haiti sans Cervical Cancer HsCC consortium partners, FHM and BHI just completed enrolling 5000 Haitian women to test the feasibility of developing a unified health care screen and treat program to prevent cervical...
Celebrating our 30th Year
Our 2022 Gala and Silent Auction was a huge success! Thank you for spending your evening with us as we celebrated our 30th year in Haiti and looked towards the future for women and children in Haiti. We had a record number of supporters this year, with over 300 of...
Saving the World’s Women from Cervical Cancer
On June 30, 2016 the New England Journal of Medicine published an excellent article regarding screening women in low resource countries for cervical disease. Many of the issues addressed in this journal article are consistent with what Family Health Ministries...
Duke SRT Students Engaged in Haitian Communities
As in previous years, FHM is partnering with the Duke Global Health Institute's Student Research Training (SRT) Program to conduct valuable research to inform FHM public health initiatives. Our students Caroline Keefe, Sarah Beaverson, Haley Talbot and...
UNC School of Nursing Visits FHM New Women’s Clinic
Representatives of the UNC School of Nursing, Rhonda Lanning and Leslie Hackenbracht traveled to Haiti last week with Family Health Ministries. They were in country for the opening of the new Carmelle Voltaire Women's Health Center. The Center saw more than 50...