Partners in Health Moves Ahead on Expansion Plans Following Haiti Tragedy

Partners in Health Moves Ahead on Expansion Plans Following Haiti Tragedy 2

Andrew Marx courtesy of Partners in Health

Zanmi Lasante, a sister charity of Partners in Health, set up mobile clinics to help Haitians get treatment after the earthquake.

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Andrew Marx courtesy of Partners in Health

Zanmi Lasante, a sister charity of Partners in Health, set up mobile clinics to help Haitians get treatment after the earthquake.

Partners in Health, a Boston charity that has been providing medical care in rural Haiti since the 1980s, has in the past month seen its supporters increase more than tenfold.

The deadly earthquake that rattled Haiti last month, killing at least 200,000 people and wiping out many of Port-au-Prince’s buildings, has prompted an outpouring of generosity.

The group had anticipated raising $64-million this year, with 24 percent earmarked for Haiti. But in the last month, it

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