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The Comité de Bienfaisance de Pignon (CBP) is a Haitian non-profit organization that was established in 1984 by Guy Deve Theodore, M.D., F.A.C.S. to provide medical and public health facilities in the North Central Plateau area of Haiti. 

Dr. Theodore, a Haitian originally from Pignon, having practiced in the USA since 1976, formed the Christian Mission of Pignon, Inc. (CMP) in 1980 with the help of many supporters. Their goals for making medical and dental mission trips to Pignon became a vibrant health system that now serves a community of more that 140,000.

Initially a clinic that was built on the site where Dr. Theodore was born, the work of CBP has evolved since 1981 into a medical system with a 65-bed hospital in Pignon and four clinics located within 20 miles radius all providing quality care to some of the neediest of the Haitian population. 

Hospital Bienfaisance de Pignon, (HBP) is now a health network serving several communities. Together, the hospital and the clinics they handled more than 45,000 patient visits in 2005.  And the goal is to continue to improve services that will reach many more each year.

HBP Satellite Clinics 

Christian Mission of Pignon, CMP is a U.S. base entity established since 1983 to assist CBP with development efforts in Education, Agriculture, Construction and Well Drilling support. Several other organizations have affiliation with CMP to lend their support and expertise in medical and non-medical mission work. 

Many of them join forces with the CMP/HBP's public health care system to provide one of the most successful community health systems in Haiti. Typical health statistics for all of Haiti compared to Pignon show major achievements to date. Click Here to compare.

The Maternity Housing Project at  Hospital Bienfaisance de Pignon is intended to provide housing for any high risk expecting mothers that live in the remote areas around the Central Plateau.  Christian Mission of Pignon (CMP) and Hospital Bienfaisance (HBP) are erecting a house to accommodate twelve high risk pregnant women and their guest within the grounds of the hospital.  The project features twelve bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a general room for visitors, a porch, and outfitted with kitchen, laundry equipment, and necessary furnishings such as beds, chairs, tables and light fixtures.  This facility will be staffed by nurses with an obstetrician on call 24-hours/day. 

Phase II- Maternity Housing Project

Currently, if a patient is determined to be in need of closer observation, but does not meet criteria for hospital admission, the choice of returning back home is a life threatening decision. The maternity house will be able to bridge this void by providing housing for, monitoring the medical progress of, and providing access to immediate medical care for, high risk pregnant women.  If an obstetrician determines a pregnant woman would benefit from frequent visits and she is unable to make the travel from home she would be eligible to stay at the facility.  Closer monitoring, as well as access to immediate medical intervention, including emergent caesarean care are a few of the ways we have succeeded in decreasing infant and maternal mortality. 

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