About 10,000 residents have access to purified and filtered water, thanks to Zanmi Lasante, Clemson University's Engineers for Developing Countries, and two South Carolina church congregations.

Earlier this spring, 45,000 people in Haiti received oral vaccinations to help protect them against cholera. But the campaign also had more far-reaching effects.

A unique collaboration among the University of Haiti, Haiti's Ministry of Health, and the Regis College of Nursing, Science, and Health Professions trains nursing leaders in Haiti.

This week The New York Times and NPR reported on Partners In Health's contribution to both strengthening Rwanda's national health care system and transforming the life of an individual AIDS patient in Haiti.

Dr. Louise Ivers offers her thoughts as the Haiti cholera vaccine delivery project finishes successfully.

An update on the Haiti Cholera Vaccine Project from Jon Lascher.

Dr. Max Raymond Jr., PIH - Artibonite Region, Haiti

We will soon be finishing up the vaccine campaign with the final dose for children 9 and under. So far, even with delays and the rainy season well upon us, we've reached more than 40,000 people... that's pretty good!

Maybe someday soon we will be here together scaling up the cholera vaccination to the national level with the Haiti Ministry of Health.

In Haiti, PIH's Beatrice Romela speaks at the annual International Nurses Day event.

Jon Lascher, PIH – Artibonite Region, Haiti

We've completed the planned vaccination -- doses 1 and 2 -- for the current phase of the project.

We are very pleased with the results thus far, but we know there are still people we can reach.

Jon Lascher, PIH – Artibonite Region, Haiti

It rained most of the day today limiting our ability to vaccinate large numbers of people. Teams were deployed at different intervals throughout the day in the hopes of vaccinating farmers returning home from the fields in the evening. 

Tomorrow teams will be going door-to-door again.