Saving lives since 1982.
Founded by pioneering Haitian health professionals in 1982, GHESKIO (the French acronym for the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections) operates medical treatment and research centers in Port-au-Prince, plus a network of clinics around the Port-au-Prince, metropolitan area.
We deliver critical healthcare services, as well as social and economic support, to low-income Haitians who face a myriad of challenges.
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Our healthcare workers are facing grave critical risks daily, but we remain committed to sustain hope for the thousands of people who have lost everything.
Dr. Jean William Pape
Founder & Executive Director of GHESKIO
We are resilient, and we are resolved
GHESKIO is defined by our resilience and impact in the face of enormous adversity. We are credited with the first comprehensive description of AIDS in the developing world. While our initial focus was on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis and infectious diarrhea, we’ve developed public health models that have improved care across Haiti – and indeed, the entire developing world.
We continue to expand our services, and four decades later, we now deliver free care to more than 100,000 patients annually.
GHESKIO not only saves lives, but helps build brighter futures through:
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