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CDC in Haiti: Why We're Here

A young girl awaits a vaccine during a vaccination program at the Adventist University Camp in Port au Prince, home to 14,000 displaced people. The CDC provided rapid test kits to doctors at the site for testing malaria patients, which are being seen in increasing numbers as the rains begin to fall. © David Snyder/CDC Foundation

A young girl awaits a vaccine during a vaccination program at the Adventist University Camp in Port au Prince, home to 14,000 displaced people. The CDC provided rapid test kits to doctors at the site for testing malaria patients, which are being seen in increasing numbers as the rains begin to fall. © David Snyder/CDC Foundation

The Center for Global Health and Prevention (CDC) Haiti office opened in 2002 and focused on preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS, providing care and treatment to those already infected, increasing laboratory and strategic information capacity, and building health care infrastructure.

Impact in Haiti

  • Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is provided to 90% of women in need (one of the highest rates in the world).
  • Over 1 million people were tested for HIV in 2015.
  • The TB treatment success rate is now 84% and the case detection rate is 81%.
  • More than 83% of eligible children vaccinated again measles and rubella in 2013.
  • Improved sanitation, clean water and cholera prevention have reduced cholera rates by 90% in from 2011 to 2015.
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  • Page last reviewed: May 10, 2016
  • Page last updated: May 10, 2016
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