Why

Provide comprehensive testing, treatment, and care to treat HIV/AIDS across all populations, drawing on more than two decades of experience.

What

CMMB Haiti provides hope for people living with HIV/AIDS. As one of the first faith-based organizations to partner with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, we have made significant progress toward reducing new infections in Haiti and helping people live longer, healthier lives.

Through our ALESIDA2 (“Go Away, AIDS”) project, we support 25 sites, using a well-honed approach that includes testing, treatment, and ensuring patient adherence to medication.

Once we detect new cases, we immediately start treatment with antiretroviral therapy. Consistent treatment reduces a patient’s viral load—making it unlikely they will spread HIV to someone else and preventing their infection from becoming worse.

That’s why treatment adherence is so vital. Amid Haiti’s crushing violence and unrest, adherence is also one of our biggest challenges. But we have figured out how to get more patients to stick with their medication schedule.

New patients sign a simple one-page agreement, a CMMB Haiti innovation that encourages personal responsibility and greatly improves medication adherence and health outcomes. CMMB Haiti’s community health workers make home visits—and even take creative steps like organizing community events—to keep patients on track.