Port-au-Prince, May 2, 2016 --- Rosenie Charles is 35 and has already 9 children. She is unemployed while her husband carries out sporadically small trades.
This resident of Baie d'Orange, an isolated locality of the southeast of Haiti, does not want to have other children. And for that, she has chosen the Jadelle, a long term contraception method, on the occasion of the sixth mobile clinic (since December 2014) organized in the area by the Ministry of Public Health and Population ( MSPP in French) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, April 19, 2016.
"Previously, I was following the 3 months method. But I had to go very often to Seguin (2 to 3 hours far from Baie d'Orange). Taking advantage of the mobile clinic, I chose the 5 years' contraceptive method to aid children. If I find a charcoal bag, then I can wear it and take care of my children.
"A total of 13 women, including Rosenie Charles, adopted a contraception method that day. 10 of them have opted for Jadelle while 3 have chosen injectables (or DMPA).
This sixth mobile clinic, like the preceding ones, was not limited to family planning. Not less than 251 people, of both sexes and of all ages have been seen and have received medication.
Like the earlier mobile clinics, the most common pathologies in pregnant women were related anemia and vaginal infections. However, in children, we recorded a lot of parasitosis (abdominal pain), anemia, dizziness, and headache.
