IN THE HEART OF PORT-AU-PRINCE:<br /> GHESKIO RELIEF IN HAITI

GHESKIO CENTERS in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was the first institution in the world dedicated to the fight against HIV/AIDS. GHESKIO has provided continuous medical care in Haiti since 1982 - never once shutting its doors or charging fees.

Since the January 12th, 2010 earthquake GHESKIO is providing humanitarian assistance and emergency care to those affected by the disaster and continues to provide life-saving medications to people with HIV/AIDS.

GHESKIO RESPONDS

Dr. Pape interviewed by Bob Bazell on NBC Evening News:

"We have no choice. They need food. They need water. They need security. This is basic."

– Dr. Jean William Pape, Director of GHESKIOProfessor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College

• HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE to thousands of people camped in the GHESKIO compound
• EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE in partnership with US Government mobile surgical hospital
• CONTINUED MEDICAL CARE to thousands of patients with AIDS and tuberculosis to prevent them from being cut off from life-saving medications

HAITI REBUILDS

"We are all optimistic. That's why we stayed in this country. I'm very optimistic that with support from all over the world, with good Haitian management, we can get there."

-- Dr. Jean William Pape,  Director of GHESKIO

DR JEAN WILLIAM PAPE is the director of GHESKIO. A Haitian physician, he graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1975 and returned to Haiti in 1979. He is an international leader in the fight against AIDS and the provision of health care for the resource-poor. In 2002 Dr. Pape was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the president of France for "his contribution to the improvement of the health of the Haitian people and that of people in the world."

You can help provide refugee relief and urgent medical care by donating funds to support GHESKIO medical clinic in Haiti. Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) will receive your donation and ensure that 100% of all funds will go to GHESKIO. WCMC is a 501(c)(3) organization, therefore your donation is tax deductible.

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