Cuban-Haitian Medical Teams and Partners at Work in Haiti

February 2010 Photos (click on photo to enlarge)
Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent
Dr. Luther Castillo receives the Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent banner from Cuban Minister of Health, Dr. Jose Ramon Balaguer, on eve of contingent’s departure for Haiti (Feb. 11). Courtesy of: Alberto Borrego, Granma	Gabriel Jacques, 1st-year Haitian medical student at Latin American Medical School (ELAM), speaking at sendofff for ELAM grads heading for Haiti: “even in the hell that my country has become, you will find people like you who believe in the future, and who are willing to dream and rebuild.” Courtesy of: Alberto Borrego, Granma
US graduates of Latin American Medical School on first day in Haiti, learning about post-quake psychological attention to children in Croix des Bouquets near Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Graduates of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School on their first morning in Haiti, February 12. They are 50 from the Americas and Africa, joining 400 Haitian graduates already at work. Over 150 more to arrive in February. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Graduates of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School on their first morning in Haiti, February 12. They are 50 from the Americas and Africa, joining 400 Haitian graduates already at work. Over 150 more to arrive in February. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Visit to Haiti by Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo
Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo and Dr. Wing San Wu, US graduate of the Latin American Medical School, one of 7 US graduates working at Cuban field hospital in Croix des Bouquets outside Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo (in blue shirt) visits Comprehensive Diagnostic Center in Mirebalais, Haiti, staffed by Cuban and Cuban-trained physicians from Haiti and other countries. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Health Care and Rehabilitation
Mother and child, Cuban field hospital at Croix des Bouquets staffed by Cuban and Cuban-trained Haitian doctors. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Combining health promotion with art: post-quake psychological attention to children by Cuban and Haitian personnel in Croix des Bouquets near Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Combining health promotion with art: post-quake psychological attention to children by Cuban and Haitian personnel in Croix des Bouquets near Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Rehabilitation work begins by Cuban physical therapists at Mirebalais Comprehensive Diagnostic Center (clinic), Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Life in Haiti, February 2010
A boy makes his way in a wheelchair, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	A boy makes his way in a wheelchair, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Tent city, Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Distributing food aid. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
A bit of water for a bath. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Garbage collection: key to preventing epidemics. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
January 2010 Photos (click on photo to enlarge)
Cuban medical personnel treat an earthquake victim in the Hospital Universitaire de la Paix (La Paz University Hospital) in central Port-au-Prince, Jan. 18, 2010. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran	A Cuban doctor treats a dehydrated child rescued from the rubble, Hospital Universitaire de la Paix (La Paz University Hospital) in central Port-au-Prince, Jan. 18, 2010. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran
Jose Maria Naval, chief of Madrid's SUMMA 112 urgency services, treats an earthquake victim in the Hospital Universitaire de la Paix (La Paz University Hospital) in central Port-au-Prince. Teams from Spain, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico and other countries have joined the Cubans in a multinational effort at the hospital. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran	A Cuban doctor treats earthquake victims in the Hospital Universitaire de la Paix in central Port-au-Prince, Jan. 18, 2010. These two small children were recovered from the rubble. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran
Medical presonnel arrive with an earthquake victim to the Annexe Hospital in central Port-au-Prince, where a Cuban medical team is working, Jan. 18, 2010. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran	Two small earthquake victims in Cuban medical care, Hospital Universitaire de la Paix (La Paz University Hospital) in central Port-au-Prince, Jan. 18, 2010. Courtesy of: REUTERS/Milexsy Duran
Young Haitians, 5th-year students at Cuba’s Latin American Medical School, help set up a field hospital in Jacmel, Haiti, where they will work with Cuban medical personnel and Haitian graduates of their school. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	A Cuban physician with patient outside the Renaissance Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
A small Haitian child at the La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where Cuban health professionals work with over 100 specialists from a dozen other countries. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	One of many Dominican sisters working at the La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Among the rubble in the Port-au-Prince district of La Ville. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Life at Camp Marte, across from the government palace, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Lining up for wáter, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	OFATMA Social Security Hospital, Port-au-Prince, staffed by Cuban and Cuban-trained Haitian doctors. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Cuban-trained Haitian physician at the field hospital in Jacmel, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	15-day-old Elizabeth next to her mother, in the arms of the Cuban pediatrician who revived her. The newborn was trapped under the rubble for 8 days before Colombian rescue teams reached her and rushed her to care. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Subsistence living outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Cuban surgeons at La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Cuban-trained Haitian physician sees a patient at La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Haitian graduate of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School attends a child at La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
A child who was the only survivor in her family is treated by a Haitian graduate of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School, La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Haitian graduate of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School attends a child at La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Life in the plazas and parks of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, January, 2010. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Cuban and Haitian pediatric team at field hospital mounted in Jacmel, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Dr. Mirta Roses, PAHO Director, talks with Cuban medical personnel at the La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Parents leave the La Paz University Hospital in Port-au-Prince with their daughter. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma
Dr. Mirta Roses, PAHO Director, visits La Paz University Hospital, Port-au-Prince. To her right in background, Dr. Yiliam Jimenez, head of Cuban medical relief efforts in Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma	Cuban physicians treat a young boyo on the street, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of: Juvenal Balán, Granma