Childrens Global Health Fund Inc

SAVING LIVES OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES GLOBALLY.

GRANTS WERE MADE TO CLINICA DE FAMILIA LA ROMANA IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. IN 2021 THE CLINIC PROVIDED SERVICES TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND CLIENTS -- CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND ADULTS, SERVING OVER 13,000 CLIENTS.TOP PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THIS ORGANIZATION INCLUDE THESE: 1. HIV PREVENTION & TREATMENT SERVICES : (A) COMPREHENSIVE HIV CARE PROVIDES FREE MEDICAL CARE, ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT, ADHERENCE SUPPORT AND PREVENTATIVE SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH HIV. (B) HIV VERTICAL TRANSMISSION PREVENTION PROGRAM, AIMS TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF HIV FROM PREGNANT WOMEN TO THEIR BABIES. IT PROVIDES TRIPLE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, PRENATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE TO HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN, PEDIATRIC CONSULTATIONS TO NEWBORNS AND OTHER CHILDREN OF THESE WOMEN, AND ONGOING SUPPORT GROUPS AND FOLLOW-UP, WITH A NEARLY 100% PREVENTION RATE. (C) MEN'S COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CLINIC, SERVING MEN, INCLUDING MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, TRANS WOMEN, MALE SEX WORKERS, CLIENTS OF SEX WORKERS, AND BATEY RESIDENTS. SERVICES INCLUDE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, DISTRIBUTION OF FREE LUBRICANTS AND CONDOMS TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR HIV AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION, VOLUNTARY CIRCUMCISION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH VIA HEALTH PROMOTERS.(D) WOMEN'S CLINIC PROVIDING SERVICES FOR SEX WORKERS, INCLUDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI) CARE AND TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND COUNSELING AT THE CLINIC AND IN THE COMMUNITY. 2.ADOLESCENT AND PEDIATRIC SERVICES : (A) ADOLESCENT PROGRAM. FROM 2018 TO JUNE 2021, CLNICA DE FAMILIA COLLABORATED WITH THE FRANCISCO GONZALVO HOSPITAL, MANAGING THE ADOLESCENT HEALTH MODULE (MAMI), WHICH HAD FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SEXUAL, REPRODUCTIVE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO TEENS. AS OF JULY, 2021 CLNICA DE FAMILIA BEGAN COORDINATING THEIR OWN ADOLESCENT PROGRAM INDEPENDENTLY OF THE HOSPITAL, PROVIDING COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL-BASED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION, INCLUDING PEER EDUCATOR TRAINING AND PEER-LED SUPPORT GROUPS; OUTREACH AND REFERRAL FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND STI/HIV TESTING; AND SUPPORT GROUPS FOR TEENS LIVING WITH HIV. 3) CUSTOMIZED COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING: MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES; SOCIAL WORK, CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT GROUPS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM OFFERING HOME VISITS, AND PALLIATIVE CARE; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE; NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS AND EDUCATION, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, SCHOOL COSTS, MEDICATIONS, ULTRASOUND EXAMS, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, LABS AND EXTERNAL CONSULTS.THE HELPING HEALERS HEAL (H3) PROGRAM AT HARLEM HOSPITAL IN NY, NY USA (DOMESTIC)A SECOND PROGRAM, HARLEM HOSPITAL'S HELPING HEALERS HEAL (H3), WAS SUPPORTED BY CGHF IN 2020, WITH FUNDS RECEIVED AND USED FOR H3 DESIGNATED PROGRAM EXPENSES.THE H3 PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 2018 AT ELEVEN PUBLIC HOSPITALS OF THE NYC HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION AS AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM TO ADDRESS EMOTIONAL STRESS AND BURNOUT AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND TO MITIGATE WORKPLACE FACTORS WITH A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STAFF, LEADING TO A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE. THE 2020 COVID PANDEMIC PRODUCED UNPRECEDENTED STRESS AND HEAVY BURDENS UPON FRONTLINE STAFF AT HARLEM HOSPITAL, WHEN MOST OF THE 272-BED HOSPITAL SUDDENLY TRANSFORMED INTO COVID UNIT ICUS TO DEAL WITH AN OVERWHELMING INFLUX OF OVER 350 ACUTELY ILL COVID PATIENTS. THE WORKPLACE TURNED INTO A SETTING DOMINATED BY DEATH, DYING AND FEAR OF CONTAGION, AND THE WORKLOAD DRASTICALLY INCREASED AS CO-WORKERS AND FAMILY FELL ILL. THE H3 PROGRAM RAMPED UP ITS SUPPORT FOR FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS CONFRONTING COVID. FUNDS WERE REQUESTED AND USED TO: (A) CREATE THE H3 RESPITE ROOM, A QUIET OASIS FOR STRESSED HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OFFERING MASSAGE, COOKIES AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS COUNSELING AND SERVICES, (B) SUPPLY THE COMPASSION CART DISTRIBUTING SNACKS, WATER AND DONATED MEALS TO BOOST STAFF MORALE IN THE HOSPITAL'S CLINICAL UNITS, (C) PURCHASE MEDICAL SCRUBS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR WELLNESS AIDS (E.G. AROMATHERAPY DIFFUSER, MASSAGE CHAIR), CLEANING AND SANITIZING THE H3 SPACE.