FAMILY HEALTH MINISTRIES INC
Mission
FHM's mission is to support Haitian communities in their efforts to build and sustain healthy families through service, education and research.Our goals are to • “Improve the lives of the individuals" • “Add value to communities" • “Produce a measurable changes in community health"• “Develop best practice models that can be duplicated in other communities"
Ruling year
2001
Principal Officer
Ms Kathy Walmer
Main address
PO Box 16783
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA
EIN
56-2206165
NTEE code
Health Treatment Facilities (Primarily Outpatient) (E30)
Cancer Research (H30)
Christian (X20)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Blanchard Clinic
Impact: While improving the health of almost 8000 Haitians, FHM’s care provided encouragement and hope to the community. By employing 23 Haitian health care workers, FHM also supported more than150 extended family members. Of the more than 1300 women who were screened for cervical cancer, almost 200 patients received followup, preventive treatment.
Current Clinic Services:
• Full-service health care.
• Childhood vaccination program.
• Medications subsidized for those who cannot pay.
• Cervical cancer screening and treatment.
• Distribution of vitamins, anti-parasitics, and infantformula.
• Regular community needs assessments.
• Emergency food supplements.
• Spiritual support, including Bible distribution, pastoral salary contributions, seminary scholarships, Vacation Bible School, pastor discretionary fund, and prayer team.
• Drug-resistant malaria research project with theUniversity of Florida.
New Services for 2011
• Infant nutrition program using Medika Mamba in partnership with Meds & Food for Kids.
• Expansion of cervical cancer screening and treatment at FOSREF sites in Port-au-Prince
Leogane Women's Health Program
Impact: By providing training to combat stress, FHM helped the women from the Leogane Advisory Group help themselves and their fellow community members. The new programs have built the women’s self-confidence in their ability to cope and to affect their environment.
The ongoing cervical cancer prevention program screened more than 900 women and provided follow-up, preventive treatment for more than 100 patients.
Current Clinic Services:
Cervical cancer screening and treatment
· Community Outreach/Research Collaboration:
· Support for the local nursing school, Faculté des Sciences Infirmières de Léogâne, through a nursing scholarship program.
· Regular meetings of the women’s support and advisory grouand for undergraduates through Duke Engage and the Duke Haiti Lab.
New Services for 2011
· Drug-resistant malaria and asymptomatic cholera research programs with the University of Florida.
· Birth attendant training and medical supply distribution to decrease infant and maternal deaths.
· Expanded faculty and student research
Fondwa Community Projects
In Fondwa, FHM focuses on children’s programs:
Carmelle Voltaire Women's Health Center
Provides healthcare to women in the rural mountain community of Tom Gato.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Provide better access to affordable healthcare through a birthing center in the rural mountain community of Tome Gato, Haiti and the construction of a surgical center in Leogane. Both these facilities will bring life saving, quality care to women and children in the Leogane commune. No longer women will deliver at home without a skilled birth attendant and emergency care will be available.
FHM continues to work with the Ministry of Health and other organizations to standardize the care and treatment of women with cervical disease. FHM's goal is to expand cervical cancer screening nationwide using HPV screening when available.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Continued fundraising and collaborations with other organizations to expand resources for cervical cancer prevention and safe motherhood programs. Work with individuals, churches, organizations and grants to open and staff facilities primarily in central Haiti and the Leogane commune. Expand individual education through service learning opportunities which include individual mission teams and university student participation.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Family Health Ministries has been working in Haiti for over 22 years. We have developed strong partnerships in the country including the Ministry of Health, FOSREF, Chitia, and PIH. Through strong Haitian leadership, we are able to be successful in our programs because it is not FHM doing the work, but the partnerships that support the vision.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Construction is complete on the Birthing Center in Tom Gato. Staff has been hired and the center is operational. Services need to continue to expand to add more educational programming and increase use of contraception.
Funding continues to be a need for the Surgical Center in Leogane before construction on that facility can take place.
Cervical cancer screening needs to be added to the rural mountain areas through the use of public health workers.
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FAMILY HEALTH MINISTRIES INC
Board of directorsas of 01/14/2020
Dr David Walmer
Duke Global Health Institute
Term: 2000 -
Nancy Holton
Triangle Presbyterian Church
Sam Leaman
Economist and Consultant for Washington Analysis Corporation
David Walmer
Duke Global Health Institute
Dennis Clements
Duke Global Health Institute
Joel Boggan
Duke University Medical Center
Jean Hall
Pediatrician in private practice
Greg Henderson
President, BioReference Laboratories
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Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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