HPIC at Work

3,000 Nigerians treated
In a remote community of Nigeria, 500 people gather outside a medical clinic. They heard the extraordinary news that the facility has received supplies and they have come with the hope of finally receiving the care they need desperately.

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Relief for Bolivians underway
The distribution of medicine and medical supplies, which arrived in Bolivia in late April, can now begin to relieve some of the suffering for flood victims in the country.

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A little help goes a long way
In a nursery school in a remote and impoverished area of Honduras, a medical team sets up a make-shift clinic. People walk down from the mountains - for some, a five-hour trip - looking for care.

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Saving teeth thanks to the DTP
Canadian dentist Dr. David Milner would rather fix a tooth than pull it.

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Cared for by loving arms
In the villages of Parramas and Parrajos in Guatemala, the only medical services offered to the population are from mobile clinics run by Canadian charity Loving Arms.

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The hub of health care
The one-room rondavel clinic in Ha Makhata, Pitseng, Lesotho is the centre of health care for the community.

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Tetanus vaccine saves lives in Haiti
The only vaccines available at a clinic in Cité-Soleil, the poorest neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, are the tetanus vaccines donated by GlaxoSmithKline through Health Partners International of Canada.

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What a difference a day makes
A 21-year-old mother came to the local women's centre with her 5-month-old baby, looking for medical care. She presented with high fever, tremors, high blood pressure and pain during urination. Her daughter presented with mild fever and irritability due to teething.

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A Canadian team plus PTPs plus Straw huts equals Health care in Niger
When a team of nine Canadian health care professionals set up mobile clinics in isolated villages in Niger, the practice of medicine took on a whole new dimension.

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Who is my neighbour?
Furaha's story reads like a modern day Congolese version of the gospel's Good Samaritan, says Connie Smith, HPIC representative in Goma, DRC.

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