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Third from left, Barth Green, M.D., addresses a House subcommittee with, from left, Samuel A. Worthington, president and CEO of InterAction; Jonathan T.M. Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International; Joia Jefferson Nuri, chief of staff, TransAfrica Forum; Michael Fairbanks, founder and director of the SEVEN Fund; and Nicole S. Balliette, deputy director for Haiti Emergency Earthquake Response, Catholic Relief Services.
Barth Green, M.D., Testifies at U.S. House Hearing on Haiti
Testifying before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Barth Green, M.D., professor and chair of neurological surgery, offered his insights on the current health conditions in Haiti, and the vast challenges and opportunities the nation faces as it struggles to recover from January’s catastrophic earthquake.
“In the health sector the situation in Haiti was dire before the earthquake. It is worse today,’’ Dr. Green told members of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere who convened a hearing on Haiti’s recovery in Washington, D.C., Thursday. “Because the earthquake devastated existing program capacity across Haiti, there exists a new, unprecedented need encompassing all health care programs and services, ranging from critical care, trauma, and rehabilitation to community health.’’
