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Haiti Experience Jonathan Beilan, MD University of South Florida - Tampa, FL July 2016 Resident Reports... Lymphatic Filariasis  Parasitic Infection caused by roundworm Wuchereria banc

Haiti Experience

Jonathan Beilan, MD

University of South Florida - Tampa, FL

July 2016 Resident Reports

Haiti

 Demographics

 Population: 10.8 million

 Life expectancy: 63 years

 Language: Creole and French

 Poorest country in America

 54% with < 1$/day

 15% unemployment rate

 Health

 Infant Mortality: 59/1000

 83% Lack of Sanitation

 37% Lack of Clean Water

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 Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000

 80% or more destroyed

 Post earthquake Cholera outbreak

Lymphatic Filariasis

 Parasitic Infection caused by

roundworm (Wuchereria bancrofti)

 Spread by mosquitos

(Culex sp., Anopheles sp., Aedes sp)

 Microfilariae worms reside in the

lymphatic system:

 Lymphedema

 Elephantiasis

 Hydrocele

Lymphatic Filariasis

 Medical Treatment

 Mass-Drug Administration

 Albendazole + Ivermectin / DEC

 Mosquito Control

 Disability Management

 Surgical treatment of Lymphedema

 Hydrocelectomy

Léogâne, Haiti

Hospital Sante Croix

 18 Bilateral

 37 unilateral

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