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30 | Healthcare in Haiti in Context | Toni Eyssallenne, Youri Louis, and Pierre Minn (with CAR-Haiti)
Episode 30
Friday, 24 April, 2026
Toni Eyssallenne, Youri Louis, and Pierre Minn join us to discuss the larger structural, social, and historical forces which shape healthcare in Haiti. Rather than treating health disparities as isolated or purely clinical problems, this conversation situates them within Haiti’s political economy, colonial and revolutionary legacy, and ongoing global relationships around debt and power. The discussion traces how structural forces shape disease patterns, the delivery of care, and experience as patient and clinician.This episode is a collaboration with the Campaign Against Racism (CAR) and the CAR-Haiti chapter; enormous thanks to CAR's Anne Marie Collins and Youri Encelotti Louis.Resources:"Where They Need Me" by Pierre Minn (2022)St. Damien HospitalHelp! Make it Make Sense podcast (cohost Toni Eyssallenne)SocMed Alumni HaitiGuests:Toni Eyssallenne graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). Following her chief residency of the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, she worked as a leader in clinical and academic medicine in both the US and Haiti. She designed and led clinical and academic tracks, programs, and departments for faculty, trainees and students in both countries and has dedicated her professional career to underserved communities domestically and abroad. She is currently the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and continues to provide primary care to both adults and children with Strong Children Wellness in Queens, NY. Her scholarly work focuses on Sickle Cell Disease and Anti-Racism in clinical medicine and medical education.Pierre Minn is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Université de Montréal. His research interests include the moral dimensions of medical practice, transnational humanitarian aid, and global health education and practice. He has conducted long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Haiti since the late 1990s. He is the author of Where They Need Me: Local Clinicians and the Workings of Global Health in Haiti (Cornell University Press, 2022), which analyzes the place of Haitian clinicians the context of foreign medical aid and development projects.Youri Encelotti Louis is a Haitian-trained physician and social medicine expert dedicated to dismantling systemic healthcare inequities. As a Co-Founder of SocMed Alumni Haiti, Board member - Program Lead at EqualHealth and Care Coordinator at Dialogue Health, he leverages over a decade of experience in program management and research to advance decolonization and health equity. His work centers on building community-led initiatives that bridge the gap between medical practice and social justice.
