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HAITI 2010
Andrew Blatt MDClinical Assistant Professor at Washington University School of MedicineSt. Louis Eye Care Specialists LLC
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Haiti
First Independent nation in Latin America
First Black led republic in the world with slave rebellion in 1804
Poorest country in the Americas per Human Development Index
Capital is Port-au-Prince
Office languages : French and Creole
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Economy of Haiti
GDP of 7 billion USD in 2009 with GDP per capita of 2 USD per day or 790$ / year
(Bill Gates wealth is 42 billion)
Population 9 million
50% illiteracy
80% live in poverty
Among the most corrupt in corruption perceptions index 12 out of 180 countries
January 12, 2010 earthquake magnitude 7 hit port-au-prince with 230,000 killed
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Health Care in Haiti
40% of population have access to basic health care
Half of the children in Haiti are unvaccinated
90% of children have water-born disease or intestinal parasites
5% of adult population are HIV positive
1/3 of children die before fifth birthday
Life expectancy in Haiti is 53 years ( 78 in US)
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Infant mortality rate 74 deaths per 1000 live births ( infants dying before first birthday)
In USA : 6.7 deaths per 1000
Maternal mortality rate : 1400 deaths per 100,000 in Haiti
In USA : 11 deaths per 100,000
Haiti has 10X higher infant mortality rate and 100X higher maternal mortality rate
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Causes of Blindness
According to WHO estimates, the most common causes of blindness around the world in 2002 were:
cataracts (47.9%), 22 million glaucoma (12.3%), 6 million age-related macular degeneration (8.7%), corneal opacity (5.1%), and diabetic retinopathy (4.8%), childhood blindness (3.9%), trachoma (3.6%) onchocerciasis (0.8%).[13]
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Of 40 million blind people around the world,
about 70 to 80% are amenable to treatment
In developed countries, leading causes of blindness are AMD, glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy because of better access to cataract surgery and less parasitic infection
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Why go on a medical mission?
1. Provide medical care to those who otherwise wouldn’t get it.
2. Expand your cultural frontiers
3. Expand your medical knowledge by treating and diagnosing new diseases.
4. Create new international friends
5. Practice Medicine without paperwork.
6. Self-renewal
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Group : Northwest Christian Mission Group
www.nwhcm.org
About 80 people went including
two cornea, two oculoplastic, one glaucoma, one pediatric and one neuro-ophthalmologist, one general ophthalmologist and one optometrist
Timeframe : 1 week
May 1- 8, 2010
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870 eye exams,
200+ laser treatments
122 incisional surgeries, mostly cataract surgeries 20 of which were on kids. Including cataract, strabismus and glaucoma, enucleation.
All of that was done in only 4.5 days
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Fancy Optical Shop
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Busy at work in OR
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Getting ready for busy day in OR
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Child with Right Esotropia before surgery
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Child one day after strabismus surgery
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Patient with esotropia
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1 day post op strabismus surgery
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LEUKOCORIA
CORNEA : PETERS ANOMALY, GLAUCOMA, CORNEAL SCAR
LENS : CATARACT, PHPV
OPTIC NERVE : OPTIC NERVE COLOBOMA, NORMAL OPTIC NERVE
RETINA: TOXOCARIASIS, TOXOPLASMOS, RETINOBLASTOMA,COATS DISEASE,
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Toddler with congenital glaucoma and secondary corneal decompensation and normal lens
Treatment : Glaucoma Filter placed in OD; Observation of end stage OS
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Child with Leukocoria
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2 year old with retinoblastoma filling left eye
and 3 clock hour involvement nasally in right eye
Treatment :
Enucleation of left eye ; Attempt to transfer to USA for chemotherapy to salvage right eye and to treat potential positive margin in left eye
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Presenting signs of RB
Leukocoria
Strabismus
Intraocular inflammation
Retinal tumor and vitreous seeding
Intraocular calcification
Proptosis
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Treatment of Rb
If unilateral, enucleate eye
If bilateral, consider enucleation of worse eye
And combination of :
1. Chemotherapy to shrink tumor
2. Plaque radiation or external beam radiation
3. Laser treatment or cryo treatment
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St Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, TN
Willing to accept patients with cancer, HIV, or other immunologic conditions if they fit a study protocol.
Will pay for transportation and housing costs and medical bills for patients that they accept.
Need a passport, birth certificate and adult willing to accompany child.
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Local School Math lesson in French
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School room in Haiti
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Things I learned on my mission trip
1. You can make a difference!
2. Haitians are poor economically, but rich in friendship and spirit
3. Your experience can be vigorous, but is extremely rewarding.
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Next trip is Feb 17- 26, 2011 for the eye team
Many organizations exists for medical missions:
http://healthcarevolunteer.com/
http://www.medicalmissions.org/
http://nwhcm.org/
Google “medical missions”
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My advice if your thinking of going on a mission…
1. Go!
2. Go with a group that is well organized and has gone for several years to that area.
3. Speak with people who have gone on that mission before going.
4. Follow the rules to keep yourself safe.
5. See your medical doctor before going to get appropriate vaccines and medicines.
After you go, come back and spread the word to others.