Partners in Health, a Boston charity that started in the 1980s to provide care in rural central Haiti, has expanded rapidly in the year since the Caribbean nation was rocked by an earthquake, emerging as one of the government’s key medical partners, says The Boston Globe.
The organization, which did not operate in the capital of Port-au-Prince before the earthquake, now treats 7,000 to 10,000 people a week in city’s tent camps and is building a 320-bed hospital north of there.
Since the disaster Partners in Health has received $89-million in relief donations, increased its mostly Haitian work force from 4,400 to 5,500, and expanded services far outside its prior focus treating rural peasants for tuberculosis, AIDS, and malnutrition.
The rapid growth has caused concern within the charity over its long-term mission and whether it can sustain a massive operation in Haiti.
To see more about what Partners in Health and dozens of other charities have raised and spent in Haiti, see this graphic from The Chronicle.






