Welcoming Mothers and Babies to New Maternity Ward

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Anita Descamps, a shopkeeper living in Port-au-Prince, braved insecurity due to gang violence to regularly travel 46 miles to Boucan Carré health center’s beautiful new maternity ward, where she received quality pre- and post-natal care for her newborn.

Staff with Zanmi Lasante, PIH’s sister organization in Haiti, now welcome pregnant women like Anita to a new waiting room, triage area, three consultation booths, a delivery room, and 16 additional patient beds.

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Anita Descamps cuddles her newborn baby girl at Saint-Michel Health Center in Boucan Carré, Haiti, where her three youngest children were born.
© Photo by Mélissa Jeanty / PIH