Destruction in Port-au-Prince In 2010, a major earthquake hit Haiti, causing massive injury, death and damage to infrastructure. We began planning a trip to Haiti in the hopes of providing treatment and training options to the devastated populace. The situation on the ground was extremely challenging. Communication, personal security, corruption, and disease were already problems in Haiti before the earthquake, all of which got much worse after the natural disaster. Treatments in one of the tent camps We networked with a group of American Naturopathic Physicians also planning a relief mission, and networked through international and local non-profit agencies to arrange housing, transportation, and access to patient populations. We provided training to a diverse group of healthcare workers, community volunteers and university students in the medical field. Clinical training was done at several of the extensive “tent cities” that spread ac...
The IAADS SMART Commitments, recognised at the Second Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, promote community-driven solutions for behavioural health, strengthening prevention, recovery, and holistic wellbeing through ethical, people-centred, and integrative care approaches.