It has been awhile, but Jaclyn is back from her trip to Haiti. She was able to get Louvenet's application in for his Visa. It had to be done online, so she brought her computer. It was challenging getting Louvenet's picture on the application to fit all the qualifications the government set up. I saw it.....looked like your average mug shot....guess smiling for small pictures is not common place in Haiti. Luckily there was a computer savy guy that helped them out. It is amazing how difficult it is to transfer a tiny picture onto an application! Now a date just needs to be selected for the oral interview at the consulate.
Jaclyn had other adventures on this trip to Haiti. It was raining for a lot of the time she was there. Not the little sprinkling, drizzling rain that we get here.....but torrential down pouring that caused 3-4 inches to be running down the roads and hills. She was riding into Port a Pax, when the moto (motorcycle to you and me) she was riding with 2 other people on it, got into a minor wreck. Now a minor wreck here would not mean much....but the bike fell over and landed on Jaclyn's calf....with the muffler. She then walked in the run off with a large, deep burn. When she finally got home, can we all say....".infection"? She went to the walk in clinic and had to get a antibiotic shot in her hip and have the burn debreded. It is looking much better now...but there's going to be evidence of this trip for a long while!
Incorrect ORS Mixing Instructions on Posters in Haiti
ReplyDeletePosters showing incorrect instructions for making an oral rehydration solution using salt, sugar and water are being widely distributed by the Ministry of Public Health and other organizations in Haiti.
Half (1/2) teaspoon of Salt and Six (6) teaspoons of Sugar should be dissolved in 1 Litre of water. (Not 1 Gallon of water as the poster says) For further clarification, please see: http://factsforlifeglobal.org/07/5.html
The mixture, using the proportions that are suggested in the poster, would be too weak to do much good in rehydrating a dehydrated child.
The following actions need to be taken immediately:
1. The current posters need to be withdrawn and replaced.
2. A communications campaign to inform everybody locally that the old poster had incorrect information and they should use 1 Litre and not 1 Gallon.
Your help is requested to inform everybody in Haiti of the correct way to make this life-saving solution.
Thank you.