vaccinations!

Haitian proverb:

"piti piti na rive- little by little we will arrive"

I doubt I could find too many people that would argue with the fact that prevention is the key to good health. One key aspect to disease prevention is through vaccinations. Vaccinations help to reduce infection and prevent the possibility of death by working with the body's natural defenses to help develop immunity to a disease. Today was a very exciting day in the clinic-- today was the first day that we were able to administer vaccinations. Most children in our community have not been vaccinated and now we are spreading the word that our clinic has one day each week that parents can come to have their children vaccinated for free. The parents are excited. The clinic staff is excited. The kids...ok, not so much....but you get the idea=)

Some photos of the little kiddos waiting for their vaccines!

Not everyone left happy...